Heinkel He 178 Jet-Powered Technology Demonstrator Aircraft

jet 178The Heinkel He 178 became the world's first practical turbojet-powered aircraft to fly, beginning a new age of aviation in the process. The aircraft existed as a technologyThe Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft desned and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was the world's first aircraft to fly using the thrust from a turbojet engine. The He 178 was developed to test the jet propulsion concept devised by the German engineer Hans von Ohain during the mid-1930s. Having secured the in…