In 1910 near Paris (Issy-les-Moulineaux) a flight atempt ended in crash. The plane was piloted by Henri Coanda and had a kind of primitive jet engine. A piston engine drove a fan linked to a combustion chamber and an exhaust. this kind of engine is named thermojet and was also used 30 years laters in the Caproni Campini N.1
I imagined that Coanda flight had been more succesfull and that the French Army asked him a fighter-bomber in 1917. Here's the result...
I imagined that Coanda flight had been more succesfull and that the French Army asked him a fighter-bomber in 1917. Here's the result...