GregP
Major
Thought I'd share a file I have assembled over time of jets that flew before the end of the 1940s. Nothing particularly amazing, but it amount to over 100 airplanes! Perhaps some food for thought in here, perhaps not.
Cheers!
Jets that flew before the end of the 1940's:
1. The Alekseev I-211 flew in 1947.
2. The Alekseev I-215 flew in 1948.
3. The Alekseev Model 150 flew in 1948.
4. The Arado AR-234 flew in 1944.
5. The Armstrong Whitworth AW52 bomber flew in 1947.
6. The Armstrong-Whitworth AW.52 flew on 13 Nov 1947.
7. The Arsenal VG-90 flew in 1949.
8. The Avia S92 flew in 1946 and was a close copy of the Me 262.
9. The Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner flew on 10 Aug 1949.
10. The Avro Tudor 8 flew in 6 Sep 1948. It was a 4-engine taildragger.
11. The Avro Type 707 flew on 4 Sep 1949.
12. The Bell XP-59A Airacomet flew on 1 Oct 1942.
13. The Bell XP-83 (later ZXF-83) flew 25 Feb 1945.
14. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet flew 17 Dec 1947.
15. The Chance-Vought F6U Pirate flew in 1949.
16. The Chance-Vought F7U1 flew in 1948.
17. The Convair XB-46 flew on 2 Apr 1947.
18. The Convair XF-92 flew on 18 Sep 1948.
19. The Curtiss XP-87 flew in 1947, and was the last Curtiss aircraft.
20. The de Havilland Comet flew on 27 July 1949.
21. The de Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire flew in 1943.
22. The de Havilland D.H. 106 Venom flew in 1949.
23. The de Havilland D.H. 108 Swallow flew in 1946, was the 1st British aircraft to exceed the speed of sound.
24. The Douglas XB-43 jet bomber flew in 1946 (the piston version flew in 1944).
25. The English Electric Canberra flew on 13 May 1949.
26. The FFA EFE N-20.1 swept delta glider flew in 1949 leading to the Arbalette and Aiguillon (not really a jet, but the same airframe).
27. The Fieseler Fi 103 manned pulsejet flew in Sep 1944.
28. The FMA in Argentina flew the I.Ae.27 Pulqui I in 1947.
29. The French Arsenal VG-70 flew in 1948.
30. The French Nord (or SNCAN) 2200 flew in 1949.
31. The Gloster E.1/44 (or GA.2) flew in 1948.
32. The Gloster G.44 and F.Mk III Meteor flew in 1944 with the F. Mk. 8 coming in 1945.
33. The Gloster NF.11 Meteor flew in 1946.
34. The Gloster-Whittle E.28/39 Squirt flew in 1941.
35. The Gotha Go.229 (Horten Ho.229?) flew on 2 Feb 1945.
36. The GrummanF9F-8 Panther flew in 1949.
37. The Hawker P.1040 flew 2 Sep 1947.
38. The Hawker P.1052 flew on 27 Nov 1948.
39. The Hawker Sea Hawk flew 3 Oct 1948.
40. The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger flew in 6 Dec 1944. Introduced 1945.
41. The Heinkel He 178 flew in 1939.
42. The Heinkel He 280 flew in 1941.
43. The Henschel Hs 132 was supposed to fly in 1945, but the prototype was captured by the Russians before it was fully assembled.
44. The I.Ae.27 Pulqui flew 9 Aug 1947.
45. The Ilyushin Il-22 flew in 1947 and was very similar to the 4-engine Arado AR 234 variant.
46. The Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle flew in 8 Jul 1948. Introduced 1949.
47. The Junkers Ju-287 flew 8 Aug 1944.
48. The Junkers-Argus EF-126/127 Elly flew 21 May 1946 as a glider and 16 Mar 1947 under power by the Soviet Union.
49. The Lavochkin La-15 flew in 1948.
50. The Lavochkin La-15 UTI flew in 1949.
51. The Lavochkin La-150/152/154/160 all flew in 1946.
52. The Lavochkin La-156 flew in 1947.
53. The Lavochkin La-168/176 both flew in 1948.
54. The Lavochkin La-200 flew in 1949.
55. The Leduc 0.10 flew 21 Oct 1947. The Leduc 0.16 flew 8 Feb 1951 under power, but flew on a mother plane in the 1940s..
56. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star flew 8 Jan 1944.
57. The Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (T-Bird) flew in 1948.
58. The Lockheed F-94 Starfire flew 16 Apr 1949.
59. The Lockheed XF-90 flew in 1949.
60. The Martin XB-51 flew 28 Oct 1949. It was fast and maneuverable, but had short range and a low g-limit (3.67 g). Not adopted. Martin built the B-57 Canberra instead, and put some XB-51 items into that airplane (rotating bomb bay, among others).
61. The McDonnel XF-88, which became the F-101 Voodoo, flew 20 Oct 1948. Had turboprop and turbojet, initially.
62. The McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee flew on 11 Jan 1947.
63. The McDonnell FD-1 Phantom flew on 26 Jan 1945.
64. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin flew on 23 Aug 1948.
65. The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe flew in 1941, but was delayed by politics until later.
66. The Messerschmitt Me 328 p0arasite flew in 1943, but did not get developed.
67. The MiG-9 flew in Apr 1946 and was faster than the Me 262 at 910 kph, entered service in 1947.
68. The North American B-45 Tornado flew in 1947.
69. The North American FJ-1 Fury flew in 1946.
70. The North American XF-86 Sabre flew on 1 Oct 1947.
71. The Northrop XF-89 Scorpion flew in 1948.
72. The Northrop XP-79 flew in 1945.
73. The Northrop YB-49 flew in 1947.
74. The Republic F-84 Thunderjet flew in 1947.
75. The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor flew 3 May 1949.
76. The SAAB J21 RB flew 10 Mar 1947.
77. The SAAB J29 Tunnan in 1 Sep 1948. It was a VERY good fighter.
78. The Saunders-Roe SR.A-1 flew on 16 Jul 1947.
79. The SNCAC NC 1080 flew 29 Jul 1949.
80. The SNCAC NC.1071 flew 2 Oct 1948. A very strage-loo0king airplane!
81. Sud Ouest SO-6000 Triton first flew 11 Nov 1946. It ws a 2-seat trainer.
82. The SNCASO SO-6020 Espadon (Swordfish) flew 12 Nov 1948.
83. The SNCASO SO-6025 flew on 28 Dec1948. It was the third prototype on the SO-6020 fitted with a SEPR 25 rocket engine beneath the fuselage.
84. The Soviet Alekseyev 140 flew 30 Sep 1948. Based on a developed Junker 287 aircraft using captured German designers under a Soviet engineer.
85. The Sud Ouest 6000 flew in 1948 .
86. The Sud Ouest M.2 flew in 1949.
87. The Sukhoi Su-10 was supposed to have flown in 1948. Built, but did not actually fly.
88. The Sukhoi Su-15 (1st one, Aircraft P) flew 11 Jan 1949.
89. The Supermarine 510/517 flew in 1948, and became the Swift. Basically, it was a Supermarine Attacker fitted with a swept wing and tail. The Attacker had the wings of the Spiteful / Seafang and a jet engine. It was a taildragger.
90. The Tuploev Tu-12 flew in 1947 and looks like a jet version of the North American B-25 Mitchell.
91. The Tupolev Tu-14 flew in 1947.
92. The Tupolev Tu-82/83 flew in 1949.
93. The Vickers-Armstrong Nene-Viking flew on 6 Apr 1948.
94. The Vought F7U-1 Cutlass flew 29 Sep 1948.
95. The Yakovlev Yak-1000 flew had an accident on a taxi test in 1949.
96. The Yakovlev Yak-15 flew 24 Apr 1946.
97. The Yakovlev Yak-17 flew in Jun 1947.
98. The Yakovlev Yak-19 flew 8 Jan 1947.
99. The Yakovlev Yak-23 flew 8 Jul 1947.
100. The Yakovlev Yak-25 (1st one, single-engine turbojet, not the NATO Flashlight) flew 2 Nov 1947.
101. The Yakovlev Yak-50 (1st one, a jet, 1949) flew 15 Jul 1949.
More as they get discovered ….
Cheers!
Jets that flew before the end of the 1940's:
1. The Alekseev I-211 flew in 1947.
2. The Alekseev I-215 flew in 1948.
3. The Alekseev Model 150 flew in 1948.
4. The Arado AR-234 flew in 1944.
5. The Armstrong Whitworth AW52 bomber flew in 1947.
6. The Armstrong-Whitworth AW.52 flew on 13 Nov 1947.
7. The Arsenal VG-90 flew in 1949.
8. The Avia S92 flew in 1946 and was a close copy of the Me 262.
9. The Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner flew on 10 Aug 1949.
10. The Avro Tudor 8 flew in 6 Sep 1948. It was a 4-engine taildragger.
11. The Avro Type 707 flew on 4 Sep 1949.
12. The Bell XP-59A Airacomet flew on 1 Oct 1942.
13. The Bell XP-83 (later ZXF-83) flew 25 Feb 1945.
14. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet flew 17 Dec 1947.
15. The Chance-Vought F6U Pirate flew in 1949.
16. The Chance-Vought F7U1 flew in 1948.
17. The Convair XB-46 flew on 2 Apr 1947.
18. The Convair XF-92 flew on 18 Sep 1948.
19. The Curtiss XP-87 flew in 1947, and was the last Curtiss aircraft.
20. The de Havilland Comet flew on 27 July 1949.
21. The de Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire flew in 1943.
22. The de Havilland D.H. 106 Venom flew in 1949.
23. The de Havilland D.H. 108 Swallow flew in 1946, was the 1st British aircraft to exceed the speed of sound.
24. The Douglas XB-43 jet bomber flew in 1946 (the piston version flew in 1944).
25. The English Electric Canberra flew on 13 May 1949.
26. The FFA EFE N-20.1 swept delta glider flew in 1949 leading to the Arbalette and Aiguillon (not really a jet, but the same airframe).
27. The Fieseler Fi 103 manned pulsejet flew in Sep 1944.
28. The FMA in Argentina flew the I.Ae.27 Pulqui I in 1947.
29. The French Arsenal VG-70 flew in 1948.
30. The French Nord (or SNCAN) 2200 flew in 1949.
31. The Gloster E.1/44 (or GA.2) flew in 1948.
32. The Gloster G.44 and F.Mk III Meteor flew in 1944 with the F. Mk. 8 coming in 1945.
33. The Gloster NF.11 Meteor flew in 1946.
34. The Gloster-Whittle E.28/39 Squirt flew in 1941.
35. The Gotha Go.229 (Horten Ho.229?) flew on 2 Feb 1945.
36. The GrummanF9F-8 Panther flew in 1949.
37. The Hawker P.1040 flew 2 Sep 1947.
38. The Hawker P.1052 flew on 27 Nov 1948.
39. The Hawker Sea Hawk flew 3 Oct 1948.
40. The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger flew in 6 Dec 1944. Introduced 1945.
41. The Heinkel He 178 flew in 1939.
42. The Heinkel He 280 flew in 1941.
43. The Henschel Hs 132 was supposed to fly in 1945, but the prototype was captured by the Russians before it was fully assembled.
44. The I.Ae.27 Pulqui flew 9 Aug 1947.
45. The Ilyushin Il-22 flew in 1947 and was very similar to the 4-engine Arado AR 234 variant.
46. The Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle flew in 8 Jul 1948. Introduced 1949.
47. The Junkers Ju-287 flew 8 Aug 1944.
48. The Junkers-Argus EF-126/127 Elly flew 21 May 1946 as a glider and 16 Mar 1947 under power by the Soviet Union.
49. The Lavochkin La-15 flew in 1948.
50. The Lavochkin La-15 UTI flew in 1949.
51. The Lavochkin La-150/152/154/160 all flew in 1946.
52. The Lavochkin La-156 flew in 1947.
53. The Lavochkin La-168/176 both flew in 1948.
54. The Lavochkin La-200 flew in 1949.
55. The Leduc 0.10 flew 21 Oct 1947. The Leduc 0.16 flew 8 Feb 1951 under power, but flew on a mother plane in the 1940s..
56. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star flew 8 Jan 1944.
57. The Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (T-Bird) flew in 1948.
58. The Lockheed F-94 Starfire flew 16 Apr 1949.
59. The Lockheed XF-90 flew in 1949.
60. The Martin XB-51 flew 28 Oct 1949. It was fast and maneuverable, but had short range and a low g-limit (3.67 g). Not adopted. Martin built the B-57 Canberra instead, and put some XB-51 items into that airplane (rotating bomb bay, among others).
61. The McDonnel XF-88, which became the F-101 Voodoo, flew 20 Oct 1948. Had turboprop and turbojet, initially.
62. The McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee flew on 11 Jan 1947.
63. The McDonnell FD-1 Phantom flew on 26 Jan 1945.
64. The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin flew on 23 Aug 1948.
65. The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe flew in 1941, but was delayed by politics until later.
66. The Messerschmitt Me 328 p0arasite flew in 1943, but did not get developed.
67. The MiG-9 flew in Apr 1946 and was faster than the Me 262 at 910 kph, entered service in 1947.
68. The North American B-45 Tornado flew in 1947.
69. The North American FJ-1 Fury flew in 1946.
70. The North American XF-86 Sabre flew on 1 Oct 1947.
71. The Northrop XF-89 Scorpion flew in 1948.
72. The Northrop XP-79 flew in 1945.
73. The Northrop YB-49 flew in 1947.
74. The Republic F-84 Thunderjet flew in 1947.
75. The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor flew 3 May 1949.
76. The SAAB J21 RB flew 10 Mar 1947.
77. The SAAB J29 Tunnan in 1 Sep 1948. It was a VERY good fighter.
78. The Saunders-Roe SR.A-1 flew on 16 Jul 1947.
79. The SNCAC NC 1080 flew 29 Jul 1949.
80. The SNCAC NC.1071 flew 2 Oct 1948. A very strage-loo0king airplane!
81. Sud Ouest SO-6000 Triton first flew 11 Nov 1946. It ws a 2-seat trainer.
82. The SNCASO SO-6020 Espadon (Swordfish) flew 12 Nov 1948.
83. The SNCASO SO-6025 flew on 28 Dec1948. It was the third prototype on the SO-6020 fitted with a SEPR 25 rocket engine beneath the fuselage.
84. The Soviet Alekseyev 140 flew 30 Sep 1948. Based on a developed Junker 287 aircraft using captured German designers under a Soviet engineer.
85. The Sud Ouest 6000 flew in 1948 .
86. The Sud Ouest M.2 flew in 1949.
87. The Sukhoi Su-10 was supposed to have flown in 1948. Built, but did not actually fly.
88. The Sukhoi Su-15 (1st one, Aircraft P) flew 11 Jan 1949.
89. The Supermarine 510/517 flew in 1948, and became the Swift. Basically, it was a Supermarine Attacker fitted with a swept wing and tail. The Attacker had the wings of the Spiteful / Seafang and a jet engine. It was a taildragger.
90. The Tuploev Tu-12 flew in 1947 and looks like a jet version of the North American B-25 Mitchell.
91. The Tupolev Tu-14 flew in 1947.
92. The Tupolev Tu-82/83 flew in 1949.
93. The Vickers-Armstrong Nene-Viking flew on 6 Apr 1948.
94. The Vought F7U-1 Cutlass flew 29 Sep 1948.
95. The Yakovlev Yak-1000 flew had an accident on a taxi test in 1949.
96. The Yakovlev Yak-15 flew 24 Apr 1946.
97. The Yakovlev Yak-17 flew in Jun 1947.
98. The Yakovlev Yak-19 flew 8 Jan 1947.
99. The Yakovlev Yak-23 flew 8 Jul 1947.
100. The Yakovlev Yak-25 (1st one, single-engine turbojet, not the NATO Flashlight) flew 2 Nov 1947.
101. The Yakovlev Yak-50 (1st one, a jet, 1949) flew 15 Jul 1949.
More as they get discovered ….
