ɪt wʌz ɪnvˈɛntᵻd baɪ jˈuːdʒiːn mˈaɪkəl ɡlˈuːhɛɹf, ɐ ɹˈʌʃənɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ hˌuː ɛnvˈɪʒənd ɪɾ æz ɐ pˈaʊɚ plˈænt fɔːɹ pˈɜːsənəl hˈɛlɪkˌɑːptɚz ænd kəmpˈækt ˈɛɹkɹæft sˈʌtʃ ɐz mˈaɪkɹoʊlˌaɪts.
It was invented by Eugene Michael Gluhareff, a Russian-American engineer who envisioned it as a power plant for personal helicopters and compact aircraft such as Microlights.