1945: Aviation

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

Few of the forty-two years of aviation history have seen such changes as 1945. Few years have been as critical as the one just passed. The steady march of technology, greatly accelerated during the war, brought many new developments to fruition. The advent of the gas turbine and jet propulsion... ...