World War II compressed decades of aircraft development into six years, and a handful of the ideas that came out of it never left aviation. Some of these features were genuinely invented during the war, appearing on an aircraft for the first time in history. Others already existed in some early or experimental form before 1939, but the war years are when they were built in large numbers, tested in combat, and proven reliable enough that postwar jet designers had no reason to look for anything else. Both kinds of decisions left a permanent mark on how fighters and bombers are built.
Seven Engineering Decisions From WWII Airceaft That Became Permanent Features Of Today’s Combat Jets
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Rozita Brandson
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