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    Jumbo jets were named after a famous elephant called Jumbo.

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The Bell P-59 Airacomet aircraft first takes to the sky

On the 1st October, 1942, the Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first U.S. jet powered fighter aircraft, made it’s first test flight.

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