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Jet Airliner
The Comet (1952) and the Boeing 707 (1958) make flying fast and later affordable for everyone.
Open in the interactive tree →Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain developed the jet engine in the 1930s; the Heinkel He 178 flew in 1939 as the first jet aircraft. The de Havilland Comet entered scheduled service in 1952, and the Boeing 707 from 1958 established the mass market. Modern turbofans are far more economical than the early jets.
Prerequisites
- Metallurgy (Bronze, Iron)~2500 BC
- Thermodynamics1824
- Airplane1903
- Turbojet Engine1937Airliner engines are developments of the early turbojet