"The Coanda 1910, designed by Romanian inventor Henri Coanda, was an early sesquiplane which featured an experimental airplane engine, which was later argued as being the first motorjet engine. Coanda used the term "turbo-propulseur" to describe this propulsion design, a complex heat-augmented centrifugal compressor propulsion system with a multi-bladed rotary fan driven by a conventional piston engine. The unconventional airplane attracted attention at the Second International Aeronautical Exhibition in France in October 1910, being the only exhibit without a propeller. Coanda used a similar mechanism to drive a snow sleigh, but did not develop it further for airplane. Coanda himself made a single brief flight in December 1910."
Coanda jet biplane 1910 (jet engined)
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