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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. GAL106_151118_014.JPG: Operation of a Gas Turbine Engine
2. GAL106_151118_028.JPG: McDonnell FH-1 Phantom 1945 The FH-1 Phantom was the first US pure jet aircraft to take off from and land on an aircraft carrier, and subsequently became the first jet fighter in operational service with both the US Navy and US Marine Corps.
3. GAL106_151118_035.JPG: Dr. Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle
4. GAL106_151118_042.JPG: Heinkel He 178 VI, 1939 Heinkel He 178 VI, 1939
5. GAL106_151118_054.JPG: Gloster E. 28/39 England's First Jet Aircraft Bell XP-59A First US Jet Aircraft
6. GAL106_151118_057.JPG: Japan The Nakajima Kikka, Japan's prototype jet fighter, flew for the first time on Aug. 7, 1945.
7. GAL106_151118_060.JPG: Saab-29, 1948 The first European sweptwing fighter to be produced in quantity.
8. GAL106_151118_067.JPG: Nakajima Kikka, 1945 Japan's prototype jet fighter
9. GAL106_151118_074.JPG: Germany Development of the jet engine in Germany began in 1936, when Hans Von Ohain designed the centrifugal flow unit which powered the Heinkel 178 in 1939.
10. GAL106_151118_078.JPG: Sweden Alf J. Lysholm
11. GAL106_151118_082.JPG: England
12. GAL106_151118_085.JPG: Gloster Meteor, 1943 The Gloster Meteor was the only Allied get aircraft to be used operationally in World War II. Meteors were used to shoot down German V-1 pilotless bombs. After the war, the Meteor enjoyed long service as a fighter and a trainer.
13. GAL106_151118_090.JPG: United States
14. GAL106_151118_093.JPG: Bell P-59A Airacomet, 1942 The Bell P-59A was America's first jet. Designed around two Whittle-type turbojets, it first flew in October 1942. Due to its limited performance, it was built in small numbers as a trainer.
15. GAL106_151118_100.JPG: France
16. GAL106_151118_103.JPG: MiG-15 bis, 1947 The Mig-15 is famous as the best Soviet jet fighter of the Korean War period. Various versions were built in four countries and operated by 18 air forces.
17. GAL106_151118_109.JPG: Soviet Union
18. GAL106_151118_111.JPG: Caproni-Campini C.C.2, 1940
19. GAL106_151118_116.JPG: Hungary
20. GAL106_151118_119.JPG: Italy
21. GAL106_151118_123.JPG: The Messerschmitt Me 262 World's First Operational Jet Fighter
22. GAL106_151118_126.JPG: The Messerschmitt Me 262 World's First Operational Jet Fighter The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) fighter was the first operational jet airplane. Its appearance over Europe during the summer of 1944 signaled the advent of the jet age. The Me 262's influence on aircraft design was immense. Its jet engines, swept wings, and extremely high speed set the pattern for the future of aeronautical technology. The Messerschmitt Me 262 was a sleek, low-wing, all-metal monoplane powered by two jet engines. It carried a powerful armament of four 30 mm cannons. Its most distinctive features were its swept-back wings, underslung nacelles (engine enclosures), triangular-shaped fuselage, and use of wing slats, or movable airfoils, along the leading edge of the wings. The Air Defense of Germany: The German Luftwaffe's interest in the Me 262 program increased progressively as the tide of war turned in favor of the Allies. The revolutionary performance of the Me 262 appeared to be Germany's only hope of combating the seemingly endless bomber formations and their fighter escorts. Me 262 Development: The Schwalbe underwent a long development period. The original design concept from 1938 featured straight wings, conventional landing gear with a tail wheel, and engines mounted in the center of the wings. Continuous changes in both airframe and engine design delayed the program. The first flight of the Me 262 on pure jet power (shown here) occurred on July 18, 1942, before adoption of the aircraft's now-familiar tricycle-type landing gear.
23. GAL106_151118_137.JPG: Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1A Schwalbe
24. GAL106_151118_155.JPG: Bringing German Jets to America
25. GAL106_151118_185.JPG: Lockheed XP-80 Lulu-Belle
26. GAL106_151118_200.JPG: Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson and the "Skunk Works"
27. GAL106_151118_246.JPG: The Evolution of Jet Aviation
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Description of Subject Matter: Jet Aviation
July 1, 1981 – January 2, 2019
This gallery illustrates the first 40 years of jet aviation (1939-1979), including the evolution of commercial and military jet aircraft.
Aircraft on display include:
* Messerschmitt Me 262: world's 1st operational jet fighter
* Lockheed XP-80 Shooting Star Lulu Belle: world's 1st operational carrier jet fighter
* McDonnell FH-1 Phantom
Also on view is a 25' by 70' mural of 27 jet aircraft by Keith Ferris. Theater with numerous brief film clips
Theater with numerous brief film clips
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