O n this day, December 1, 1932, a new German monoplane made its maiden flight, the Heinkel He 70. ... The winning entry was offered by Ernst Heinkel, founder of the Heinkel Aircraft Works, ...

In 1941, Heinkel used 6,000-8,000 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to work on the aircraft. Germany had a shortage of workers in the aircraft industry and slave labor helped ...

The Heinkel He 51 was soon replaced in Spain with early Messerschmitt Bf- 109 models; the one shown here is a “C” model. The Bf-109s carried a “6” on the fuselage indicating aircraft type.

British engineer Frank Whittle had patented a design for a turbojet engine in 1930. In 1935, von Ohain patented his own concept and, the next year, approached aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel about ...

“We have been unable to achieve such smooth lines in the aircraft that we entered for the Schneider Trophy Races,” Mitchell wrote to Heinkel, and he went on to report that a Blitz that Rolls ...

1942: At the height of World War II, German test pilot Helmut Schenck becomes the first person known to use an ejection seat to successfully exit his aircraft in an emergency situation. Schenck ...

The turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, took its first flight on August 27, 1939. It was flown by German test pilot Erich Warsitz. The Heinkel He 178 was a private venture ...

Go to updated and illustrated post. 1942: At the height of World War II, German test pilot Helmut Schenck becomes the first person known to use an ejection seat to successfully exit his aircraft ...