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Happy Birthday to the Jet Aircraft

On this date back in 1942, on July 18, the first operational jet aircraft took flight. A product of the Luftwaffe, the Nazi's air force, the Messerschmidt 262 was just one of the revolutionary weapons of war generated by the scientists within the WWII German military. Thankfully, most appeared too late in the war to have any impact on the inevitable defeat of their forces. Likewise, the 262's ...