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FIRST ALLIED JET FLIES: 15MAY41 (Read 443 times)
May 15th, 2004 at 11:19pm

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FIRST ALLIED JET FLIES:
May 15, 1941


On May 15, 1941, the jet-propelled Gloster-Whittle E 28/39 aircraft flies successfully over Cranwell, England, in the first test of an Allied aircraft using jet propulsion. The aircraft's turbojet engine, which produced a powerful thrust of hot air, was devised by Frank Whittle, an English aviation engineer and pilot generally regarded as the father of the jet engine.

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Reply #1 - May 16th, 2004 at 4:14am

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Gosh, and 63 years on we're all doing silly things in it around NASA facilities in FS Grin
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Reply #2 - May 16th, 2004 at 11:32am
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Nice bit of History Felix...Thanks Smiley

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