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 ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...

The Kikka itself was a sleek, compact aircraft with a design that reflected both German influence as well as Japanese adaptation to local resources and constraints. The Second World War was a period ...