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Here’s how much bigger aircraft engines are today compared to the advent of the jet age

The De Havilland Comet was the world's first jet-powered airliner, but the Jet Age really began with the debut of theBoeing 707 andDouglas DC-8 in the late 1950s. These aircraft were larger, more ...
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The jet bomber that changed every aircraft after it

When the Boeing B-47 Stratojet entered service, it marked a turning point in aviation history. As the United States Air Force’s first jet-powered, swept-wing bomber, the B-47 blended World War II-era ...