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- Season 1 The Origins of Flight
- Season 1 Air Aces
- Season 1 Aircraft Design
- Season 1 The Joy of Flying
- Season 1 The Seaplane
- Season 1 The Jet Age
- Season 1 Highway in the Sky
- Season 1 Airports and Flight Attendants
- Season 1 Supersonic Flight
- Season 1 The Modern Age
- Season 1 In for the Long Haul
- Season 1 The Giants of the Sky
- Season 1 Air Travel Tomorrow
The Amazing World of Aviation - Season 1 Episode 6 The Jet Age
0.00 48 minutes In 1966, British aviation expert Sir Frank Whittle was honoured for his services to the aviation industry. Twenty-five years earlier, the aeronautical engineer had invented the jet engine, and ushered in a new era of air travel. On May the 15th, 1941, the first experimental flight using Whittle's engine took off over Cranwell, England and flew for 17 minutes, at a top speed of 545km per hour. It was the beginning of a revolution that would affect the very nature of aviation itself.
