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Title: This Day In Tech
Post by: Bino on July 18, 2012, 11:58:05 AM

Seventy years ago, on July 18 1942, the Messerschmitt ME-262 made its first flight under jet power.

Not exactly the "Dawn of the Jet Age", since both the Gloster E.28/39 and the Heinkel He 178 flew earlier, but the 262 did go on to become the first operational jet-powered warplane.

Title: Re: This Day In Tech
Post by: icepac on July 19, 2012, 08:00:55 AM

Funny how most of the films show the original tail dragger even though they went to tricycle gear for production.