History of Jet Aircrafts

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  • Chinese invention of the Rocket
    Jan 1, 1300

    Chinese invention of the Rocket

    Jet propulsion first made (Wikipedia, 2014) Photo: Wikipedia, 2014
  • Ottoman Lagari Hasan Celebi

    Ottoman Lagari Hasan Celebi

    Ottoman Lagari Hasan Celebi is said to have taken off with what was described to be a cone-shaped rocket and then to have glided with wings into a successful landing. (Wikipedia, 2014)
  • First Stationary Turbine

    First Stationary Turbine

    Photo: Deutsches Museum, 2014
  • René Lorin

    René Lorin

    René Lorin invented a form of jet engine, the subsonic pulsejet, but he had no way to achieve high enough speeds for it to operate. (Wikipedia, 2014) Photo: Aerostories, 2001
  • Albert Fonó

    Albert Fonó

    In Hungary, Albert Fonó devised a solution for increasing the range of artillery, comprising a gun-launched projectile which was to be united with a ramjet propulsion unit. (Wikipedia, 2014) Photo: Wikipedia, 2014
  • First Fighter Jet

    First Fighter Jet

    Photo: Daily Mail, 2012
  • Maxime Guillaume

    Maxime Guillaume

    The first patent for using a gas turbine to power an aircraft was filed by Frenchman Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet.(Wikipedia, 2014) Photo: (Wikipedia, 2014)

  • Concept of the Jet Engine Created

  • Frank Whittle

    Frank Whittle designed first Jet aircraft on paper (Wikipedia, 2014)

  • Piston engine made in many different forms

  • First Manufactured Jet

    The first actual manufactured jet - the Heinkel He 178 was made by the Germans.(Wikipedia, 2014)

  • Jet engine made even faster

    New Engine created to make Planes and Jets faster