COANDA

The Coanda 1910 is the world's first jet plane! Exhibited at Paris Le Bourget in 1910...

Created by Romanian engineer Henri Coanda, it was revolutionary in its turbine design. Air was drawn by a compressor through two combustion chambers on either side, providing the thrust...

During tests in a hangar, the power of the turbine threw the plane and its pilot against a wall, but the pilot escaped with only a few bruises... This aircraft never flew...