What is a jet? History The first jet was a German aircraft.it was called V-1 doodlebugs at the end of world war 2 they made a jet called de Havilland DH.KO. SEAVIXEN HALK2.In the 1950’s jets could go up to 60 mph but in the 1980’s jets could go up to 40.000 feet. A man was driving a jet and he fell down from the jet and he didn’t die because he had some special clothes