Bell Aircraft P-59 Airacomet Development.mpg

Rare video produced by Bell Aircraft detailing the development and testing of America's first jet fighter the Bell P-59A Airacomet. Video provided by the Niagara Aerospace Museum.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Amazing thank you for posting

[@Da_Publick]

This did a better job explaining jet propulsion than my H.S. Physics class.

[@JamesParsonsDunckervon]

i have a great uncle Howard Midbust whom my grandmother (his first cousin) said died testing america's first jet. never learned the plane's name I wonder how to track/ verify. his history ends around 43 44 in New Guinea piloting b-25s as far as i can follow so far

[@edl617]

The Lockheed L-133 starjet would have been a superior jet fighter even with a whittle engine

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

tem voce o filme em que os irmãos estão voando?santos dumont decolou com o avião 14 BIS no campo de bagatelle na frança veja filme no youtube

[@vascoribeiro69]

Sempre a merda do mesmo argumento. Em 1903 ainda não tinham inventado a roda, por isso eles usaram uns patins e uma catapulta. Na realidade porque ainda não tinham inventado as pistas e estavam testando os protótipos nas dunas da praia...

[@emforty2]

Santos dumont is not the first to fly my grandpa was sitting on a horse driven wagon when it hit a bump and he flew 30 feet up in the air and landed safely without a scratch and this was in 1896 way before dumont see you have to define what actual flying is but for purpose of flight my GRANDPA did it FIRST HE DID FLY and no arguements about it

[@starrynights467]

tf

[@emforty2]

looked like a frank whittle engine because its a Frank Whittle engine

[@codered5431]

There is no gold in fort nox

[@codered5431]

Should of used p59 in ww2 against 262

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Code Red it would’ve gotten its ass kicked

[@Ryotenian7826]

@@ronaldtartaglia4459 yeah, if I am sure, the 262 produced more thrust then the P-59, so I agree, it will be kicked in the butt

[@codefeenix]

no

[@BRITOJUNIORCAMINHONEIRO2014]

desculpem mas quem inventou o avião foi O BRASILEIRO ALBERTO SANTOS DUMONT ,os irmão inventaram o planador !

[@vascoribeiro69]

Quem realizou o primeiro voo motorizado e CONTROLADO foram os irmãos Wright! Santos Dumont vez um avião que voava ao contrário...

[@cowboybob7093]

When the Wrights took their example to France in 1908 to demonstrate, the French were skeptical. After the first flight of a half hour of climbs, dives and figure-eights the French said _"We are beaten."_