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 ...

Today, there are estimated to be over 20,000 private jets in service, with the figure potentially as high as 23,133 in mid-2022, according to a report by the Institute for Policy Studies. This latter ...

As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered fighters was fraught with danger—and prototype P-80 test flights resulted in dozens of crashes. Jet engines have long been standard fare in fighter ...