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THE ME-262 IS NOT THE FIRST JET PLANE EVER! (Read 1584 times)
Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:33pm

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http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/jet/he178.jpg
THIS WAS THE FIRST JET AIRCRAFT!!!!!!
(i forgot the name) THIS IS NEWS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply #1 - Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:46pm

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ME262 is the first operational jet plane. Anything before that are prototypes.

And another one: the DH Comet 1 isnt the first commercially operated jetliner... it was still in the acceptance phase with BOAC when it crashed. The Tu-104A was the first commercially operated jetliner
 
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Reply #2 - Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:47pm

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Er, yep. The 178 was followed by the British Gloster E.28/39 a year before the Me262.

Having said that, the first Me262 did fly a month before the Gloster E.28/39, but that's irrelevant. Wink (cryptic question in there)

The Me262 went into service just before the (more operationally sustainable) Gloster Meteor. Smiley

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And another one: the DH Comet 1 isnt the first commercially operated jetliner... it was still in the acceptance phase with BOAC when it crashed. The Tu-104A was the first commercially operated jetliner


Is that the the same TU-104 that entered Aeroflot service in 1956, four years after BOAC recieved the Comet and had operated it commercially (and had the several accidents - with more than one airline too). Tongue
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:49pm

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The HE-178 is a good looking plane though, anywhere i can find one?
 
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Reply #4 - Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:56pm

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NitroPower wrote on Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:49pm:
The HE-178 is a good looking plane though, anywhere i can find one?


Probably the best looking of the first generation jets. Smiley Nicer than the portly British Gloster, or the "very American" (built like a tank, and designed like a Cadillac) P-59. Smiley
 
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Reply #5 - Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:57pm

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C wrote on Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:56pm:
NitroPower wrote on Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:49pm:
The HE-178 is a good looking plane though, anywhere i can find one?


Probably the best looking of the first generation jets. Smiley Nicer than the portly British Gloster, or the "very American" (built like a tank, and designed like a Cadillac) P-59. Smiley

Ugh, the p-59 is ugly. But, i love the P-39. Any idea where i can get one of those?
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 17th, 2008 at 5:43am

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Wasn't the HE-178 a copy of the model that was originally designed by Frank Whittle?
 
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Reply #7 - Sep 17th, 2008 at 6:48am

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Papa9571 wrote on Sep 17th, 2008 at 5:43am:
Wasn't the HE-178 a copy of the model that was originally designed by Frank Whittle?

To the best of my knowledge it was a completely separate development. Whittle designed engines not airframes.

The Heinkel He 178 first flew on 27th August 1939. This was before the specification for an airframe to test Whittle's engines in had been issued by the British Air Ministry in September 1939.. The result was the Gloster E.28/39 which was the first British aircraft to fly powered by a jet engine. It first flew on 15th May 1941. http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/gb/cleaverwhittlepreview.htm
 
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Reply #8 - Sep 18th, 2008 at 1:20pm

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Nooooooo...

This was the first jetplane ever.
 
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Reply #9 - Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:50pm

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Pedant. Tongue
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Reply #10 - Sep 18th, 2008 at 3:24pm

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C wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:50pm:
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Reply #11 - Sep 21st, 2008 at 12:45pm

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Anxyous wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 3:24pm:
C wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 2:50pm:
Pedant


... and proud of it Tongue


I can empathize with that... Wink

There seem to be as many different definitions of first jet aircraft as there were first-generation jets...first started, first completed, first to fly, first operational etc... Huh
 
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Reply #12 - Sep 22nd, 2008 at 7:21pm

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Anxyous wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 1:20pm:
Nooooooo...

This was the first jetplane ever.

Did that even fly?
 
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Reply #13 - Sep 23rd, 2008 at 4:52am

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NitroPower wrote on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 7:21pm:
Anxyous wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 1:20pm:
Nooooooo...

This was the first jetplane ever.

Did that even fly?

Did you not read the article? Tongue
 
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Reply #14 - Sep 23rd, 2008 at 3:25pm

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Hagar wrote on Sep 23rd, 2008 at 4:52am:
NitroPower wrote on Sep 22nd, 2008 at 7:21pm:
Anxyous wrote on Sep 18th, 2008 at 1:20pm:
Nooooooo...

This was the first jetplane ever.

Did that even fly?

Did you not read the article? Tongue

Reading is for old people. Grin Just kidding, but no, i didnt.
 
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