B uilding an operational supersonic jet engine was no less than a technological marvel. It served as a stepping stone to the ...
The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in945. See photos of the historic ...
Italy was thought to be the first country to fly a jet-powered plane (although they were second after Germany's He 178), ...
the Navy's first jet-engine fighter aircraft, on the deck of the escort carrier USS Wake Island using jet power after the plane's main piston engine malfunctioned. The Fireball was a mixed ...