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The first airplane model was invented and successfully flown by the widely known Wright Brothers.
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Engineer, Frank Whittle of the United Kingdom was one of the first to develop an engine for a faster version of the airplane, known as the jet.
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A German Engineer, Hans Van Ohain began to design another version of a jet engine, seemingly around the same time as Frank Whittle.
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It was eventually Hans van Ohain, a German engineer who created the first jet to successfully fly.
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Frank Whittle's design eventually took flight 2 years after Ohain's.
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The fastest plane to roam this Earth, is known as the blackbird. It's standing world record is 2,193 mph!
