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jet 178The Heinkel He 178, the first jet-powered aircraft Historic Flht. On August 27, 1939, at the Marienehe airfield in Germany, the He 178 made history by becoming the firstThe Heinkel He 178 became the world's first practical turbojet-powered aircraft to fly, beginning a new age of aviation in the process. The aircraft existed as a technology