HISTORY

• The Heinkel He 178 was the world’s first turbojet powered aircraft, which flew on August 27, 1939. The aircraft was generated from Ernst Heinkel's vision for high-speed aircraft. In cooperation with Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain, Heinkel funded the construction.  The HeS 1 engine was developed by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke and used in the He 178.
• Although it could only fly for a combat impractical time of 10 minutes, it did reach nearly 375 mph. It demonstrated this during a demonstration flight for the German Ministry of Aviation who later rejected the aircraft as impractical.
• Concurrently, the Reich Air Ministry was developing its own jet powerplants, axial-flow turbojets that showed much more promise. However, Heinkel was eventually given permission to produce his own jet-powered aircraft that resulted in the He 162.

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