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nine_k 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AI subscriptions are a ticking time bomb for enter...

> first airplane to jet engines in 27 years.

Nitpick: more like 36 years, from Wright Flyer in 1903 to Heinkel 178 in 1939. Still quite impressive.

dghlsakjg 3 months ago [–]

nittier pick: They said engine, not airplane: the first jet engine ran in 1907 (pulse jet). The first Turbojet engine ran in 1937.

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