Your birth year
2006
First Jet Aircraft
1939Aviation
First Jet Aircraft is 67 years older than you
It's from 1939, before you were born.
- First flight
- 1939
- Vehicle
- Heinkel He 178
- Type
- Jet aircraft
About
As of 2026, it's 87 years old.
The first jet aircraft flew in 1939, just as aviation was about to be transformed by war and high-speed engineering.
Jet propulsion changed military aircraft first, then reshaped commercial travel after World War II.
First Jet Aircraft through the years
1939
1939
First jet aircraft flight
Jet propulsion entered practical aviation.
You were born — 2006
