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A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines. Whereas the engines in propeller-powered aircraft generally achieve their maximum efficiency at much lower speeds and altitudes, jet engines achieve maximum efficiency at speeds close to or even well above the speed of sound .
Jay Jay the Jet Plane premiered on The Learning Channel as part of the Ready Set Learn block. Later, it aired on PBS Kids beginning June 11, 2001, with reruns until May 31, 2009. It aired on PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) from September 26, 2005 until September 2, 2008.
An airplane (North American English) or aeroplane (British English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations .
"The New Plane" When Snuffy the Skywriter first arrives in Tarrytown, Jay Jay's friends are intent on showing him around, rather than plan the camping trip Jay Jay was anticipating. Jay Jay begins to get upset about everyone paying attention to Snuffy instead of him, until Brenda helps him learn that just because there's someone new, it doesn't ...
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the current record-holder for a crewed airbreathing jet aircraft. An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. The rules for all official aviation records are defined by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), [1] which also ratifies any claims. Speed records ...
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written and recorded by American singer John Denver [1] in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings. Its original title was "Babe I Hate to Go". He made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas of that year. [2]
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner.Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949.
The de Havilland Comet, the first purpose-built jet airliner The Boeing 707, the first commercially successful jetliner. The first purpose-built jet airliner was the British de Havilland Comet which first flew in 1949 and entered service in 1952 with BOAC. It carried 36 passengers up to 2500 miles (4000 km) at a speed of 450mph (725 km/h).