The Harrier 'Jump-Jet.' Capable of taking off and landing vertically or normally.
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Heinkel in Germany built the first flying jet aircraft.
The first Soviet jet aircraft to fly was the MiG 9, piloted by Alexei Grinchik on April 24, 1946.
A jet plane is any aircraft powered by jet engines.
Korea was the first armed conflict in which both sides used jet aircraft.
The F-100 Super Sabre is the first US massed produced jet fighter to reach Mach 1 in level flight reaching Mach 1.05 May 25, 1953. any plane could have reached Mach 1, but would have broken up.