[Ads-l] 'Fighter-jet' redux (sorta)

[Jonathan Lighter]

The American Heroes Channel series "Hitler's Empire," Ep. 6, notes that
shortly after becoming Chancellor, Hitler "got his first private jet, a
Ju-52."

Hitler's personal plane was a Junkers Ju-52 trimotor which, as the
accompanying film clip testified, was hardly a "jet."

The world's first jet plane to fly was the experimental Heinkel He-178,
which made its flying debut in 1939.

JL

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Berkeley and Northwestern graduate, news-show host, novelist, and former
> Bush WH Communications Director Nicolle Wallace of MSNBC described police
> armored cars/trucks outside of Parkland High School  as "tanks" at least
> twice today.
>
> See above, 12/7/16.
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> An amateur reviewer of_Dunkirk_ on IMDb calls Spitfires "fighter jets":
>>
>> "The fighter jets didn't miss a single enemy and safely touched down on
>> the sea and beach."
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/reviews?filter=hate;filt
>> er=hate;start=50
>>
>> JL
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, but "turboprop" is now preferred.
>>>
>>> Don't know if there's a technical diff between the two terms.
>>>
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
>>>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > the
>>>> > > propellers on ATR's are driven by a jet engine
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> A "prop-jet," as once was said?
>>>>
>>>>
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