Who invented the jet plane?
2007-10-02 08:41:35 · 11 answers · asked by georgescu_alexandru_cristian 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljetengine.htm
sorry abouthemyankees, you be wrong
2007-10-02 08:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The jet plane was not an invention, it was an engineering evolution.
Frank Whittle is credited as the inventor of the turbo-jet and the He-178 is the world's first jet airplane.
2007-10-02 14:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An englishman named Whittle built the first Jet Engine. But he never mounted it on an aircraft, lack of power, then lack of funding for a new one.
Heinkel in Germany built, and flew, the first jet powered aircraft in the world. Later Messerschmidt built the first jet fighter to enter military service. Arado built the first jet bomber.
2007-10-03 07:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Frank Whittle invented the jet engine which was initially fitted to a Gloucester aircraft.
2007-10-03 04:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by andy b 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From Wikipedia:
The first true turbine-equipped jetplane was the Heinkel He 178 (Germany), piloted by Erich Warsitz in 1939 (August 27, 1939).
2007-10-02 09:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Superman, He was flying in a WW1 airplane when the engine crapped out. He dropped his pants, Laid on his stomach on the top wing and farted with superhuman strength. It worked well enough to get to an airport. Or the Germans, in ww2. Frank Whittle of England may have invented the jet engine.
2007-10-02 15:16:48 · answer #6 · answered by POPEYE 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
"How 'Bout Them Yankees" The wright brothers were among the first flyers not the first aircraft inventors...
Infact I read somewhere that the wright brothers were not even the first people to fly. Before the 1920s aircrafts were made of wood. Then during the wars they found metal to be better...
2007-10-02 09:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
I believe messchersmit me109 was one of the first to fly
2007-10-04 11:50:11 · answer #8 · answered by msg1469 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
univee nailed it ..
it was simultaneously being developed by the German and English military
2007-10-02 08:54:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
univee has the best answer, it was developed simultaneously during WWII
2007-10-02 15:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by walt554 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋