01.12.2008, 18:12
P-51B's first deliveries were made in 1942 and it could go 441mph. The earlier P-51A was doing 409mph.
Spitfire IX, also 1942, 408mph.
Typhoon IA (the older sibling of the Tempest) introduced in 1941, 405mph.
P-47B, introduced 1942, 429mph.
All single piston engined fighters available to Allied frontline operational units at the time of Airacomet's first flight. All in the same ballpark performance-wise with this twin-jet prototype.
It is a nice historic plane, but it was a dud and was never even near to being introduced into an operational unit.
Spitfire IX, also 1942, 408mph.
Typhoon IA (the older sibling of the Tempest) introduced in 1941, 405mph.
P-47B, introduced 1942, 429mph.
All single piston engined fighters available to Allied frontline operational units at the time of Airacomet's first flight. All in the same ballpark performance-wise with this twin-jet prototype.
It is a nice historic plane, but it was a dud and was never even near to being introduced into an operational unit.