In this penultimate part of the Aero Engines series, I take a look at a small selection of the very first steps into jet power that spread from the early days of World War 2 right through to the early 1950s. By the late 1930s things were starting to move in the jet design world. … Continue reading Aero Engines of History Part 5 – Dawn of the Jet Age
Part two of the Warbird Tails jets series takes a look at the other British jet which took its first flight in 1943, the de Havilland Vampire. In the early days of Jet power, two engines were considered to be the minimum for succesful designs. This is evident in a number of the early jet … Continue reading Cold War Jets Part 2: The de Havilland Vampire
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