In 1936, Hans Joachim Pabst Von Ohain was a young doctor of Physics at the University of Göttingen, and in collaboration with tecnicians of Heinkel's factory, he built the turbine that would totally revolutionize aviation, marking the beginning of a new aeronautical era.

“Hans Von Ohain”

-To test this engine, Heinkel designed and built the He-178 aircraft. The HeS-3 engine gave 450 Kgf of thrust, burning oil, (see Heinkel).

-The engine had an original appearance of obvious simplicity. The annular combustion chamber was inverted and the compressor and the turbine formed a single unit, being a centrifugal compressor and a centripetal turbine. Both had a single stage.

“Von Ohain's engine schematic”

-With this engine, installed on the Heinkel He-178, the first flight of an airplane with a turbojet was carried out in 1939. Today, large airports have almost all airplanes with engines of this operating principle.

“Heinkel He-178”

-Ohain's, was the first operational turbine that flew. Von Ohain continued designing Heinkel's series of turbines, from HeS-1 to HeS-11.