The Heinkel He 178 made the world’s first flight of a turbojet-powered aircraft on 27 August 1939, five days before the war began. How it was built, who flew it, why the air ministry shrugged, and why nothing of it survives. Read article
The history of the Gloster Meteor, the first RAF jet fighter and the only Allied jet to see combat in WWII, from chasing V-1s to fighting in Korea. Read article
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