FIRST ALLIED JET FLIES: 15MAY41
Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 10:19 pmFIRST 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.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... =leadstory
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.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih ... =leadstory
