Hans von Ohain
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Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain was a German-American physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine. Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been descr
Hans von Ohain in the 1970s
Mechanic Max Hahn and the major components of Hans von Ohain's test engine
Hans von Ohain's Centrifugal compressor /Radial inflow turbine HeS3B
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Heinkel He 178
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The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was the world's first aircraft to fly using the thrust from a turbojet engine.
Hans von Ohain
…to be put into production; however, aided by the enormous resources of the Heinkel Aircraft Company, a developed version was sufficient to power the He 178, and on 27 August 1939 von Ohain entered history as the designer of the world's first gas turbine to power an aircraft. Von Ohain stayed with centrifugal…
He 178 replica at Rostock-Laage Airport
The He 178 V2 (note the squared-off wingtips). This particular aircraft flew only as an unpowered glider
The He 178 drawing board design
Memorial plaque honoring the world's first jet flight from Heinkel's "Marienehe" factory airfield, in today's Rostock-Schmarl district