The National Interest7d
Lockheed’s L-133 Starjet was Almost the World’s First Fighter Jet
The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for ...
Found And Explained on MSN11d
Why did the US Airforce cancel its first fighter jet?
The Bell P-59 Airacomet was America’s first attempt at a jet-powered fighter, developed during World War II to rival advanced ...
Business Insider2y
Why it's taken nearly 100 years to build real jet packs
The first patent for a jet pack was filed ... in a small form. Jet engines, I mean, they haven't been around that long. It's only since the end of the second World War, and all the effort really ...
Road & Track25d
What a Pulse-Jet-Engine Vehicle Builder Can Teach Us About Motoring Passion
the first cruise missile—that Hitler used to terrorize the British during World War II. Maddox was transfixed by this flying bomb, which was powered by a pulse-jet engine. No one had been ...