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The first jetplane was the Coanda-1910 (Romania), piloted by its inventor Henri Coanda in 1910. Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed during its first and only demonstration.

The second jetplane was the Heinkel He 178 (Germany), piloted by Erich Warsitz in 1939.

The first jet fighter was the Messerschmitt Me 262, piloted by Fritz Wendel . It was the fastest conventional airplane of WW II (the rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was faster). Mass production started in 1944, too late for a decisive impact. About the same time Britain produced the Gloster Meteor which made up the first operational jet fighter squadron in 1944 and which saw limited action in WWII.

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Modern civil jets generally cruise at speeds of 0.75 to 0.85 Mach, which is to say, 75 percent to 85 percent of the speed of sound. The speed of sound is a function of air temperature, and therefore the speed of a jet is not really "constant" in terms of miles per hour, but varies by atmospheric conditions. In general, modern civil jets cruise at about 420 to 580 miles per hour (680 to 900 km/h).