alt Hacker News> first airplane to jet engines in 27 years.
Nitpick: more like 36 years, from Wright Flyer in 1903 to Heinkel 178 in 1939. Still quite impressive.
> first airplane to jet engines in 27 years.
Nitpick: more like 36 years, from Wright Flyer in 1903 to Heinkel 178 in 1939. Still quite impressive.
nittier pick: They said engine, not airplane: the first jet engine ran in 1907 (pulse jet). The first Turbojet engine ran in 1937.