The Dawn of the Civil Jet
Even before World War II ended, forward-thinking aircraft builders were anticipating an era when the turbojet, which had been developed and flown initially on military aircraft in the late 1930s, would be used to propel commercial transports at unprecedented speeds, thus, dramatically reducing block...
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