jet178Illustration (or retouched photograph) of Heinkel He 178 V1 in flht with landing gear extended. Erich Karl Warsitz, 1942. 27 August 1939: Flugkapitän Erich Karl Warsitz, aIn aerospace engineering: Aeronautical engineeringit was a German Heinkel He 178 that made the first jet flht on Aug. 27, 1939. Even though World War II accelerated the growth of