jet age

1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Jet Age.

alternative jet age

1. historicalaeronauticsA period in history defined by the advent of aircraft powered by turbine engines, and by the social change this brought about.

   Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials [title]

   1947 September 3, “Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   American commercial aviation stands at the threshold of the jet age. That it will make the transition is now a settled issue, and the one remaining question is when.

   1953 October 11, Bliss K. Thorne, “Faster Air Travel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   The Nazis had launched the jet age in 1939 with a fighter plane, the avant-garde Heinkel He 178, but were hardly in shape after the war to exploit this technological advantage.

   2010 November 10, Richard B. Woodward, “Book Review: Jet Age — The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN