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History of German Aviation: The First Jet Aircraft (Hardcover, New Ed)
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History of German Aviation: The First Jet Aircraft (Hardcover, New Ed)
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This book, the first in a multi-volume history of German aviation,
provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of of jet aircraft
design and development in Germany. The solid description, unique
photo material, historical documents, numerous drawings and
complete data tables - published for the first time - make this
book not only a gripping story but also an indispensable reference
work for anyone with an interest in the development of aviation. In
August 1939 in Germany a small propellerless aircraft took off on
its maiden flight under conditions of utmost secrecy: the world's
first jet aircraft. Apart from Ernst Heinkel, Hans Joachim Pabst
von Ohain (inventor of the turbojet engine) and a small circle of
their co-workers, no one suspected the profound effect that the
successful flight of the tiny He 178 would have on aviation.
Spurred on by Heinkel's success, very high speed aircraft were also
put into the air by Messerschmitt, Arado and Junkers. On the other
hand the designers of jet engines initially encountered almost
insuperable problems, for in wartime high-quality raw materials
such as nickel, cobalt and molybdenum were unobtainable and
substitute materials had to be used in their place. But the
designers, who were rushing ahead with their own projects, found a
way around this with the help of experienced test pilots: in 1940
the Heinkel 280, the first twin-engined jet aircraft, was flown
without engines as a towed glider; Messerschmitt installed an
auxiliary piston engine in the nose of its twin-engined Me 262;
Arado equipped its twin-engined Ar 234 with jet engines intended
for ground tests only. The test pilots became accustomed to landing
on just one working engine or none at all. In spite of shortages of
strategic materials and the use of replacements, jet engines
reached the production stage by the end of the war. But it was only
possible to put small numbers of the very high speed aircraft into
service, too late to have any decisive effect on the war. The
development work on these first jet aircraft led to a tremendous
technological leap forward; it was the beginning of advanced
technology in aircraft design.
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