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The Heinkel He 178 first flew on 27 August 1939. The first jet airliner, the de Havilland Comet, flew on 27 July 1949. It was introduced on 2 May 1952 with BOAC.
The first turbo jet flight took place on August 27, 1939 in Germany. The jet was a Heinkel He 178 and the pilot's name was Erich Warsitz.
The Hurricane wasn't a jet. It first flew in 1935.
Frank Whittle, a British pilot, designed the first turbo jet engine in 1930. The first Whittle engine successfully flew in April, 1937. This engine featured a multistage compressor, and a combustion chamber, a single stage turbine and a nozzle. In 1900 there were no jet around to carry a bunch a people.
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The first purpose-built jet airliner was the British de Havilland Comet which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952
Sir Frank Whittle is generally accepted as the inventor of the modern turbo jet engine
The jet powered-hose has burst.The jet flew overhead.
The Jumbo Jet was the nickname given to the Boeing 747, which started development in the mid 1960's and first flew commercially with Pan Am in 1969
No. the first test flight was Feb.9, 1969.
Phil Oestricher, was the first pilot to fly YF-16 No. 1,
Romania. -------------------- Germany made the ME 262, the worlds first Turbo Jet powered airplane.