Jet aircraft that flew before January 1st 1947

[TomZ]

Jet aircraft that flew before January 1st 1947

According to my research there were 37 jet aircraft that flew under jet power before the end of 1946.
This includes aircraft real jet engines and aircraft with piston engines.
Rocket powered aircraft are not included.



Most of the models are already finished (some many years ago) but some still need to be done.
Also I will be making a number of "might have beens" and "they also made its" to complete the collection.

TomZ

[killnoizer]

 

Oh, nice collection so far. But how far would your range of " might have been" go ?

And i am interested in any modell of the Campini Caproni .

[TomZ]

And i am interested in any modell of the Campini Caproni .

For the Campini you have two options:

The old Delta2 kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/delta-delta-2-1003-campini-caproni-cc-1-cc-2--137179

And the much newer Valom one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/valom-72073-caproni-campini-n1--147534

I have both. I built the Delta2 kit 30 years ago and I am now building the Valom one. When finished I will post pics of both side by side.. One thing is that the Delta2 kit has rather prominent rivets, where the original is very smooth.

TomZ

[jcf]

The Coanda 1910 never flew, and it certainly never flew with jet propulsion.
Coanda started telling his flight stories long after it supposedly occured and
they got more elaborate over time. Embellished not only by Coanda but also
by writers who should have known better. One witness became two, then five
one of them supposedly a French cavalry officer which then morphed into a
French cavalry unit etc.
There is zero evidence to support his claims, there's no way his device would
have worked, take a look at the patents, and it was also not a "turbine" engine,
at best it's a weird, overly complex ducted fan thingie rotated by a piston engine.

[killnoizer]

And i am interested in any modell of the Campini Caproni .

For the Campini you have two options:

The old Delta2 kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/delta-delta-2-1003-campini-caproni-cc-1-cc-2--137179

And the much newer Valom one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/valom-72073-caproni-campini-n1--147534

I have both. I built the Delta2 kit 30 years ago and I am now building the Valom one. When finished I will post pics of both side by side.. One thing is that the Delta2 kit has rather prominent rivets, where the original is very smooth.

TomZ

I have the DELTA Kit in the stash, but i think that Valom looks also nice!  Difficult to find, but one kit of the big nice thing is maybe enough.

[TomZ]

The Coanda 1910 never flew, and it certainly never flew with jet propulsion.
Coanda started telling his flight stories long after it supposedly occured and
they got more elaborate over time. Embellished not only by Coanda but also
by writers who should have known better. One witness became two, then five
one of them supposedly a French cavalry officer which then morphed into a
French cavalry unit etc.
There is zero evidence to support his claims, there's no way his device would
have worked, take a look at the patents, and it was also not a "turbine" engine,
at best it's a weird, overly complex ducted fan thingie rotated by a piston engine.

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I know. It should probably be in the "might have been" section.

TomZ