"[[Frank Whittle]] and [[Hans von Ohain]] were the first engineers to test turbines that were sufficiently efficient and reliable to power military airplanes. Small numbers of these jets were used in combat in late 1944, too late to have any effect on the predetermined course of the war, but after its end the [[British]] industry pressed its advantage and in 1949 the Comet became the world’s first commercial jetliner, powered by four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines. ([Location 2367](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=2367)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[aviation]], [[globalisation]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]