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AcknowledgmentsixIntroduction: The State of Aeronautical Engineering and Aircraft Technology in the World, 1919–193911 The Birth of the German Jet Program172 Frank Whittle and the "Squirt"393 The Jet Comes to America644 Jets at War: The Operational Record of the German Jets915 Britain Catches Up1106 The Americans Take the Lead1287 Into the Cold148Epilogue157AppendicesAppendix A: The Choice between Piston and Turbojet Engines159Appendix B: Centrifugal-Flow versus Axial-Flow Turbojets162Appendix C: Call Signs and Official Designation of the Early Jet Aircraft168Appendix D: Biographies170Appendix E: Turbojet Aircraft Specifications Requested by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium176Table 1: First-Generation Turbojet Aircraft by Nationality178Table 2: Second-Generation Turbojet Aircraft by Nationality179Notes183Bibliography215Index225

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The Whittle-Gloster relationship continued and produced the only Allied combat jet aircraft during the war, the Meteor, which was relegated to Home Defense in Britain.In America, General Electric copied the Whittle designs, and Bell Aircraft contracted to build the first American jet plane.

The jet race and the Second World War