May 26, 2012
52 min
Full-HD

Siegeszug der Düsenjets (2012)

Nowadays, people board large jets and travel across continents to their destination as a matter of course. This was not always the case. The documentary tells the story of Hans Pabst von Ohain and the Englishman Frank Whittle, who independently came up with the idea of using jet propulsion for airplanes in the 1930s.

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Documentary

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Germany United States of America United Kingdom

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ZDF ARTE Story House Productions

Christian Rode

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