Dr. Hans J.P. von Ohain

For years, aviators dreamed of replacing their loud, inefficient piston engines with a more powerful "jet" engine. Although many tried to achieve this goal, Hans von Ohain was first to design and build an operational turbojet engine, proving the idea could work in the real world. While at the University of Göttingen, Germany, von Ohain developed his theory on turbojet engines and constructed a prototype. In August 1939, at Heinkel Airfield near Rostock, Germany, von Ohain's engine, the HeS-3B, was installed in the HE 178 airplane, and the first turbojet-powered aircraft took flight.

Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera
Satellite Servicing Techniques
Hydroaeroplane
Space Capsule Design
Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing
Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft
Altimeter
Link Trainer/Simulator
Ethyl Gasoline
Flying Wing plane; All-Metal High-Wing Monocoque Airplane (Vega)
Communications Satellite
Spin Stabilized Synchronous Communications Satellite
Turbo Jet
Jet Engine
Supercritical Wing
Small Fan-Jet Engine
Aircraft Propulsion System - Jet Engine