Early long-range jet airliners transformed global travel. Explore how the 707, DC-8, VC10, and Il-62 reshaped ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

De Havilland Aircraft Museum, England — Today, jet-powered plane travel is easy to take for granted. We’re used to that surge of speed along the runway that pins us to our seats, those moments when we ...

While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...