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Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to:

Aerospace

  • Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines
  • Jet Airways, based in India, ICAO code "JAI"
  • Wind Jet, Italian airline, ICAO code "JET"
  • 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

Fiction

Characters

  • Jet (DC Comics), comic book character from New Guardians
  • The Jets, a gang in the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story
  • Jet Alone, character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series
  • Jet Black, 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 50s TV show Jet Jackson, Flying Commando
  • Jett Jackson, from 1999 to 2001 TV show The Famous Jett Jackson
  • Jet Jaguar, character from the 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon
  • Jet Link, who is Cyborg 002, a character from Cyborg 009
  • Jet the Hawk, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise video games and comics
  • Jet Baby, a fictional movie character from the video game PaRappa The Rapper
  • Jet Vac, a video game character from the Skylanders universe
  • Jet, a fictional dog in the Famous Five book Five on a Secret Trail

Works

  • Jet, an alternate name for Ground Control, a 1998 American thriller

Journals and magazines

Mathematics and science

  • 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

Music

Performers

  • Jet (Australian band), an Australian rock band with the Cester brothers
  • Jet (UK 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), an 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

Record label

Works

  • The Jets (album), an album by Minnesota band The Jets
  • "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

Products and business

  • Jet (brand), a filling-station brand name
  • Jet (video game), a 1985 fighter-jet simulation game
  • Jet.com, an e-commerce retail site owned by Walmart
  • Java Emitter Templates
  • Joint Engine Technology
  • JET TV, abbreviated name for Japan Entertainment Television
  • Matra Djet (Matra Sports Jet), a French sports car
  • Microsoft Jet Database Engine
  • Samsung Jet, a mobile-phone handset
  • Jet's Pizza, an American pizza franchise restaurant

Sports

Teams

  • Delhi Jets, a cricket team from Indian Cricket League
  • Ipswich Jets, Australian rugby league team
  • New York Jets, an American football team
  • Newcastle United Jets, Australian association football club
  • Newtown Jets, Australian rugby league team
  • Winnipeg Jets, a professional ice hockey team
  • Winnipeg Jets (1972–96), a former professional ice hockey team

People

  • 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 (b. 1977), professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks, nicknamed "JET"
  • Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (born 1990), English association football player for Ipswich Town F.C., nicknamed "JET"
  • Jet (Diane Youdale, born 1970), one of the stars of Gladiators
  • Jet, also known as Monica Carlson, Women's Champion of the first season of American Gladiators

Organizations

  • 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

Other uses

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Jet
  • All pages with titles containing Jet
  • Jett (disambiguation)
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