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The very first jet engine created by Hans Von Ohain, and Frank Whittle, the pair began to build the jet in 1930,.
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The very first jet engine created by Hans Von Ohain, and Frank Whittle, was completed
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The Heinkel He 178 V-1 was the first ever jet plane, and the first flight was in 1941. The first jet pilot was Flugkapitan Erich Karl Warsitz.
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The Me 262 Fighter Plane was the first ever fighter jet. It first flew on June 30, 1944 for the Nazi’s in WW||. The Me 262 was also the very first two engine aircraft.
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On January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 was the very plane to fly faster than the speed of sound. The plane was flown by the legendary Chuck Yeager.
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On May 2, 1952 the De Hilliard’s Comet took off as the first passenger jet plane.
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Shortly after the De Hilliard’s Comet, on March 2, 1969, the Concorde was named the fastest passenger plane as its cruising speed was faster than the speed of sound.