Heinkel 178 in Late August 1939

[Trexx]

I swerved into a site that features still photos, a movie and essay on early turbojet development. Markedly the He-S 3B motor used to power the worlds first turbo jet airplane, "Heinkel 178". The movie is new to me. It's in color too. Dang, cool!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-10/1283790/HeS-3B_2BCutaway.jpg


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-10/1283790/HeS3a-Ohain.jpg

and the movie:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jqmgrdyk/jetpower/He-178.mpg

[Trexx]

site credit:

http://physicslab.wordpress.com/2007/09/page/3/

[GregP]

Wow Trexx, what a neat find!

Keep 'em coming!

Hope you had happy holidays!