Jet
Appearance
Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to:
Aerospace
[edit]- Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines
- Jet Airways, an Indian airline
- Super Air Jet, an Indonesian airline
- Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline
- Journey to Enceladus and Titan (JET), a proposed astrobiology orbiter to Saturn
- Jet pack, a backpack personal flying device containing a jet motor
- Fighter jet, a military aircraft
Aircraft
[edit]- Business jet
- Very light jet
- Cirrus Vision SF50, originally called "The-Jet by Cirrus"
- Eclipse 400, originally called "Eclipse Concept Jet"
- Honda HA-420 HondaJet
- Piper PA-47 PiperJet
Other areas of science, math, and technology
[edit]- Jet (fluid), a coherent stream of fluid that is projected into a surrounding medium, usually from some kind of a nozzle or aperture
- Jet (gemstone), a black or brown semi-precious mineraloid
- Jet (mathematics), an operation on a differentiable function
- Jet (particle physics), a narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon
- Jet bundle, a fiber bundle of jets in differential topology
- Jet group, a group of jets in differential topology
- Jet stream, in meteorology, commonly referred to as "jet"
- Astrophysical jet, in astrophysics, a stream of matter emitted along the axis of a rotating astronomical body
- Joint European Torus, an experimental nuclear fusion machine
- Junctional ectopic tachycardia, a rare cardiac arrhythmia that sometimes occurs after surgery in infants
People
[edit]- Jet (name), given name, generally feminine in Dutch, masculine in English
- Jet Li (born 1963), Chinese film actor, producer and martial artist
- Kenny "the Jet" Smith (born 1965), American basketball commentator and former player
- Benny Urquidez (born 1952), kickboxer, choreographer and actor known as "The Jet"
- Jason Eugene Terry (born 1977), American basketball player nicknamed "JET"
- Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (born 1990), English association football player nicknamed "JET"
- Jet (Diane Youdale, born 1970), one of the stars of Gladiators
- Jet (Monica Carlson), Women's Champion of the first season of American Gladiators
Fictional characters
[edit]- Jet (DC Comics), a comic book character from New Guardians
- The Jets, a gang in the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story
- Jet Alone, a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series
- Jet Black, a character from the anime Cowboy Bebop, see List of Cowboy Bebop characters
- Jet Fusion, a cartoon character from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Jet Jackson, from the 1950s TV show Jet Jackson, Flying Commando
- Jett Jackson, from the 1999–2001 TV show The Famous Jett Jackson
- Jet Jaguar, a character from the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon
- Jet Link (Cyborg 002), a character from Cyborg 009
- Jet the Hawk, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise video games and comics
- Jet Vac, a video game character from the Skylanders universe; see Skylanders Academy
- Jet, a fictional dog in the Famous Five book Five on a Secret Trail
- Jet, a character from the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Jett, a playable video game character from Valorant
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Jet, an alternate name for Ground Control, a 1998 American thriller
- Jet (video game), a 1985 fighter-jet simulation game
Music
[edit]Albums and songs
[edit]- The Jets (album), an album by Minnesota band The Jets
- Jet (album), a 1997 album by Katell Keineg
- "Jet" (song), a 1974 single by Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Jet (Jet, My Love)", a song by Nat King Cole
- "Jet", a song by Basement from Further Sky
- "Jet", a song by SM Town from 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace
Music groups
[edit]- Jet (band), an Australian rock band with the Cester brothers
- Jet (British band), a one-album British glam rock band from London, active 1974–1976, and afterward re-formed as Radio Stars
- The Jets, a Trinidadian band with Lynn Taitt
- The Jets (Dutch band), a Dutch pop group of the 1960s
- The Jets (Minnesota band), a Tongan-American pop, R&B, dance, and religious-music band
- The Jets (British band), rockabilly band, who had a hit single in February 1982 with "Love Makes The World Go Round"
- The Jets (Illinois band), an American 1970s rock band from Pekin, Illinois
- J.E.T., an Italian-progressive-rock band related to Matia Bazar
- JETS, an electronic music duo consisting of Jimmy Edgar and Travis Stewart
Organizations
[edit]- JETS, the Junior Engineering Technical Society, a national non-profit educational organization to promote engineering and technology careers to youth
- JETS, abbreviation for the Jewish Educational Trade School, a technical college and high school for young Jewish men
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary
Businesses
[edit]- Jet (brand), a filling-station brand name
- Jet (video game), a 1985 fighter-jet simulation game
- Jet Records, a record label
- JET TV, abbreviated name for Japan Entertainment Television
- Jet's Pizza, an American pizza franchise restaurant
- Jet.com, an e-commerce retail site owned by Walmart
- Java Emitter Templates
- Access Database Engine, a Microsoft database engine formerly referred to as Jet Red where JET referred to "Joint Engine Technology"
Magazines
[edit]- Jet (magazine), an African-American-themed magazine
- JET, abbreviated title for the Journal of Economic Theory, an academic journal in the field of economics
- JETS, abbreviated title for the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, a refereed theological journal
- Journal of Evolution and Technology
Sports teams
[edit]- Ipswich Jets, an Australian rugby league team
- New York Jets, an American football team
- Newcastle United Jets, an Australian association football club
- Newtown Jets, an Australian rugby league team
- Winnipeg Jets, a professional ice hockey team
- Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), a former professional ice hockey team
Other uses
[edit]- Jet, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Jet of Iada (1942–1949), Dickin Medal-winning dog
- JET Programme, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (teaching English)
- Jet, type of nozzle, used on gas cookers and many other applications
- Jets, a form of upper-atmospheric lightning
- Matra Djet (Matra Sports Jet), a French sports car
- Access Database Engine, a Microsoft database engine formerly referred to as Jet Red
- Samsung Jet, a mobile-phone handset