Name: Jetliners! Uniting the World With Jet-power
Uploaded: 2016-01-01
Duration: 22 min 22 s
Description: World War II was a test of the industrial might of each nation and the ingenuity of their aircraft designers to build more and superior aircraft. This intense competition would take aviation a giant leap forward and lay the groundwork for the next century of flight.

World War II was a test of the industrial might of each nation and the ingenuity of their aircraft designers to build more and superior aircraft. This intense competition would take aviation a giant leap forward and lay the groundwork for the next century of flight.

See how World War II innovation and jet engine breakthroughs reshaped civil aviation for decades to come. This film traces the leap from early German and British jet tests to pioneering aircraft like the Comet, Avro Jetliner, and Boeing 707. Sign up to follow the ideas, risks, and rivalries that helped shrink the world.

From wartime experiments to passenger jets, aviation enters a new age.

Jetliners! Uniting the World With Jet-power

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