While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first jet-powered airliner, but the Jet Age really began with the debut of theBoeing 707 andDouglas DC-8 in the late 1950s. These aircraft were larger, more ...