2024-05-05T13:03:25Z http://tarrantry.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=jet&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:tarrantry.ning.com,2012-05-28:5329757:Video:26737 2012-05-28T06:57:55.635Z lord_k http://tarrantry.ning.com/profile/lordk

<a href="http://tarrantry.ning.com/video/heinkel-he-178-and-he-282-the-first-jets"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1512333430?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane, the pioneering example of this type of aircraft. It was a private venture by the German Heinkel company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing technology for high-speed flight and first flew on 27 August 1939 piloted by Erich…

<a href="http://tarrantry.ning.com/video/heinkel-he-178-and-he-282-the-first-jets"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1512333430?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane, the pioneering example of this type of aircraft. It was a private venture by the German Heinkel company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing technology for high-speed flight and first flew on 27 August 1939 piloted by Erich Warsitz. This had been preceded by a short hop three days earlier.