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The First Jet-Propelled Batplane |
A panel from Detective Comics No. 108 shows the Batplane being fitted with a pair of jet engines slung under the wings. This configuration was common with the earliest jets because the first generation engines did not produce enough power for a single engine to do the job. The first effective jet fighter, the German Messerschmitt 262, did have two engines slung under the wings. However, by 1946, when this story was written, successful single-engine jet aircraft like the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star were already in service. The engine that Robin is installing in this panel is much too slender to be a jet engine. It looks like the pulse-jet engines the Germans used to power their V-1 "buzzbombs". The Germans actually experimented with piloted, pulse-engine powered aircraft, but they were not successful.
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