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In the 30s and 40s, the development of a new propulsion technology
would change the concept of air transport
Jet propulsion with turbojet and rocket engine
In 1920, Officier Frank Whittle invented a new aircraft engine
called "gas turbine"
It was a jet engine whose power was provided by the ejection of gas
Research on this type of engine began in Germany
and the first jet aircraft was the German Heinkel HE 178
The Messerschmitt 262 was the first aircraft to enter service in 1944
The Germans were also the first to make the rocket a weapon
of war
It was powered by a solid fuel powder
After the firing, could not stop the burning
In 1943 , the Germans developed the terrible mirrent V2 rocket that could carry
a ton of explosives at supersonic speed
After the war, these authors were brought to the United States and the USSR
with their V2
They helped governments in the development of nuclear launchers : satellites
and spaceships
The work of the authors of the V2 rocket contributed greatly
to the success of the conquest of the moon
by the Americans in 1969
In 1973 , Europe also between the space age with his first pitcher
the LS3 project