I’m a teacher and one of my 7-year-old students asked me this yesterday. So, can someone please explain it like I’m 5-7 years old please? Is it really as simple as the engine in the aircraft?
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a jet is a type of airplane that is powered by a jet engine. Kind of like a cat is a mammal powered by sass and spite. There’s really only two main types of airplanes (excluding gliders for simplicity), propeller-driven and jet-powered. Without going into all the nuances involved, that’s an easy way to describe it. External spinny bit = not jet.
(Before anyone brings up turboprops, remember who the target audience is, and also we in the aviation industry never call turboprops “jets” so it’s fine.)
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