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Jan 16^th, 2012 at 4:10pm

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America's First Jet Flight, October 1942

http://www.aircraftowner.com:80/videos/view/americas-first-jet-flight-october-19...

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Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 2012 at 8:59pm

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A big moment in American aviation! By the way, Sim OutHouse has an Aircomet pack available. The VC lacks some visual detail but still its a nice model.

‎"At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."- Igor Sikorsky

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Reply #2 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 5:28pm

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The day the USA caught up with those clever Brits and Germans! Wink

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Reply #3 - Jan 19^th, 2012 at 5:45am

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C wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 5:28pm:

The day the USA caught up with those clever Brits and Germans! Wink

Almost, it was powered by a General Electric I-A, an American copy of the original British Whittle W.1 prototype that had been sent to the US in 1941........... Grin

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