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Bookmark or Share- Boeing 707: The aircraft that changed the way we fly - BBCThe Boeing 707 revolutionised air travel and kicked the jet age into top gear. Commercial flight today owes it everything, Jonathan Glancey writes.
- The Comet, the 707, and the disaster that shaped the Jet Age - New AtlasDisasters, delays, and an unlikely American rival upended British ambitions and reshaped the early years of the Jet Age.
- History of flight - Jet Engines, Aviation Pioneers, Air TravelFrom the very invention of flight at the beginning of the 20th century, military aircraft and engines generally led the way, and commercial aviation followed. At first this was also the case in the jet age, which began with the invention of jet engines under military sponsorship in the 1930s and ’40s. By the late 20th century, however ...
- The Jet Age - National Air and Space MuseumPropelled by four powerful and efficient high-bypass turbofan engines, the so-called "Jumbo Jet" spawned a new generation of wide-body airliners from Airbus, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, and later Boeing. Learn more about jet age airliners
- The History Of The Jet Age: From 1939 To 2024 - SlashGearThe Jet Age began in 1939 and paved the way for jet turbine engines and commercial aircraft that forever changed the world. Here's the story.
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