jet aircraft

Also known as jet, aircraft with jet engines, jet aircraft, aeroplane, jet aircraft, airplane, jet aircraft, plane, jet aircraft, fixed-wing, powered aircraft, jet

aircraft class powered by jet propulsion engines

AI overview

A jet aircraft is an airplane powered by jet engines that work by sucking in air, compressing it, mixing it with fuel and igniting it, then expelling the hot gases out the back to create thrust. Jet aircraft matter because they enabled much faster air travel than earlier propeller-driven planes, making long-distance flight practical for passengers and cargo.

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Encyclopedic overview

A British European Airways de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner entered service in 1952, this later Comet 4B shown in 1969

A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft propelled by one or more jet engines. Jets are nearly always fixed-wing aircraft, though a wide range of different types of jet aircraft exists– both for civilian and military purposes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “jet aircraft” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.