jet178Illustration (or retouched photograph) of Heinkel He 178 V1 in flht with landing gear extended. Erich Karl Warsitz, 1942. 27 August 1939: Flugkapitän Erich Karl Warsitz, aThe 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