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Title: Name the Plane 3
Post by: midnight Target on March 18, 2002, 08:02:17 PM

Jet #3

Title: Name the Plane 3
Post by: Kratzer on March 18, 2002, 08:36:21 PM

Heinkel He 280 V1 - I believe this photo may be of its first flight under its own power, on 2 April, 1941.

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Post by: Tracer-15 on March 18, 2002, 08:48:34 PM

its a Heinkel He 280....and i have that exact same picture in a book at my house;)

Title: Name the Plane 3
Post by: midnight Target on March 18, 2002, 10:14:46 PM

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Originally posted by Kratzer
Heinkel He 280 V1 - I believe this photo may be of its first flight under its own power, on 2 April, 1941.

You got it, and the photo caption did say "Landing after successful maiden flight":

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This plane was the first turbojet powered fighter in history to make it'self airborne. It clawed it's way into the air on 30 March 1941, nearly six weeks before the British Gloster E.28/39. The He 280 undertook it's maiden flight successfully with no engine cowlings to minimise a fire hazard which had shown up in ground tests. The engines used were two Heinkel-Hirth HeS 8 turbojets.

Title: Name the Plane 3
Post by: salem on March 19, 2002, 04:28:07 PM

Erm....no. :)

The first turbojet powered aircraft to fly was the He-178, with a single engine buried in the fuselage, similar to the Gloster 28/39.

regards,
Salem

Title: Name the Plane 3
Post by: Sombra on March 20, 2002, 05:23:58 AM

Erm....yes. :D

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This plane was the first turbojet powered fighter in history to make it'self airborne. It clawed it's way into the air on 30 March 1941, nearly six weeks before the British Gloster E.28/39. The He 280 undertook it's maiden flight successfully with no engine cowlings to minimise a fire hazard which had shown up in ground tests. The engines used were two Heinkel-Hirth HeS 8 turbojets.

Full explanation: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~genesis/Level2/Planes/Germany/He280.htm

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