The Caproni Campini N.1 was an Italian experimental aircraft powered by a motorjet, a hybrid system combining a piston engine and jet propulsion. Flying in 1940, it became one of the world’s first ...

On this day in aviation history, 80 years ago (December 3, 1945), the first jet takeoff and landing aboard an aircraft carrier took place. Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown, the Chief Naval Test ...