Sentence examples for first jet from inspiring English sources

This irked the Europeans, who took pride in the fact their continent had invented the first jet engine, the first jet airliner and the first supersonic airliner.

It developed the family of technologically advanced MiG aircraft, including the Soviet Union's first jet fighter.

He tested his first jet engine on the ground in 1937.

Their last contract was signed in 1994, one year after the first jet was introduced.

He later became one of the air force's first jet pilots.

Firefighters and police officers who raced to the scene after the first jet crashed.

I was 13 when Mom and I boarded our first jet.

His first jet fighter, the Yak-15, was designed in 1945, followed by the Yak-17 and Yak-23.

27 Púlqui I, also called the Arrow I, South America's first jet-powered swept-wing airplane.

This plane made the world's first jet-powered aircraft flight on Aug. 27, 1939.

His grandfather helped set up T.W.A.'s first jet-engine repair shop in Kansas City.