Det første jetflyet er eldre enn du tror.....

1910 – The Coanda-1910 completes its only flight at the second International Aeronautic Salon in Paris.

The aircraft designed, built and piloted by Henri Marie Coandă (1886-1972) is now recognized as the world’s first jet engined aircraft.

The aircraft used an ordinary internal combustion engine to drive a compressor instead of a propeller. The compressed air was mixed with fuel and ignited in two combustion chambers, one on each side of the fuselage, before being exhausted along the sides of the aircraft. This was intended to provide a reactive force that would push the aircraft along. Coanda did not pursue further development of his "reactive" aircraft due to lack of interest and support from the public and various organisations.

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