Project Jets

By bbitner01

  • Making of the first plane

    The Wright Brothers studied birds and how their wings soared in the wind. While watching birds, they noticed how their wings changed shapes in order to move different directions. They used this technique to create wings for the planes.

  • First Plane Flight

    December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

  • First Jet

    The first jet or turbojet was the Heinkel He 178 V1 in the German air force"The Luftwaffe".

  • First Jet facts

    Made by Hans Van Ohail , The Heinkel He 178 was used in the German air force during World War 2. Another early model was the Messerschitt Me 262.

  • Other countries that had jets

    England, made the Gloster Meteor. America, made the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star.

  • Passenger Jets

    Today we don't just have fighter jets, we also have passenger jets. The first airline was made in the early 1950s.