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    Most Beautiful Aircraft of WW2?

    Petlyakov PE2
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    Sorry for the long delay, yes it was the Tunnan, and it's similarity to the two German types has always made me wonder, especially given the later Lansen and it's own resemblance to another Messerschmitt design of 1945. Coincidence? Possibly.
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    And such a thing never happened with 262?
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    I edited my post since you quoted me to make clear that I don't rate them as equally matched, for all the same reasons you mentioned, only that there was nothing more technologically advanced about the Me262, like I suppose, how you could call the F.86 and MiG 15 technological equals, whilst...
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    I don't know, sounds interesting. The turboprop was called the Trent, no relation to the current Trent of course. A lot of people believe that axial engine development only came from Germany though and the 262 gets credit there, that it didn't was the point I was making
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    Pattern, to my mind there is a difference between 'better' and 'more advanced'. Advanced, to me, were the Me P.1101, Ta 183, Junkers EF132, Miles M.52 etc etc. The Me 262 and the Meteor were technological equals. But I don't claim they were equally matched. The leading edge slats you refer to...
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    Yes, that is exactly what I was talking about, the swept wings and axial engines mean the 262 is considered more advanced. However this is purely superficial and does not stand up to scrutiny. People forget Britains own work on axial engines with Metrovick F.2's powering a meteor as early as...
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    Best WW2 Fighter TIMELINE

    I don't agree with the general notion that the 262 was more advanced than the Meteor. To me they are generally on par with each other. The wing of the 262 is litte different from the 109 when you examine it and it's fabled 'sweep' was no more than an aerodynamic fix which offered no...
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    Best Allied bomber destroyer.

    No Milosh, this was an unbuilt design for a large 6 engine bomber, complete with swept (but not crescent) wing, T-tail and a genuine resemblance to the Victor. AFAIK it never even had a designation. The Ar 234 is a completely conventional design with straight surfaces and underslung engines...
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    Best Allied bomber destroyer.

    I remember seeing a wartime Heinkel jet bomber design that looks VERY like the Handley Page Victor, I've always wondered how much of the V bombers came from German research. I've always had a bit of a Junkers feeling about the Valiant, with nothing whatsoever to back it up. It is remarkable how...
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    Prototypes used in combat.

    There are so many ways you can cut it when you think about it. The way I understand these things is that the first jet v jet kill goes to the Meteor v V1, while the first jet v jet combat was in Korea, as that was the first jet powered opponent that could fight back. Never heard of the Ar234...
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    First generation British jets

    Another fascinating publication out at the moment is "The Aeroplane 75 Years Ago", which is a reprint of the Aeroplane magazine from the corresponding week 75 years previously (the clue is in the name, lol) Just five or so issues so far but to read stuff "as it happens" from 1938 is...
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    British Bombers and Transport aircrafts

    I remember reading once that the Lockheed Constellation was inspired by the DH91, though done properly of course, does anyone have any more on this?
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    Aircraft Mock-Ups

    This was a Rockwell design for an FSW light fighter to replace the F-5. I remember it was covered in a Flight article entitled "Forward Sweep - Rockwell's New Broom" sometime around 1979. Also the BAe P.110 and P.103 in Johns earlier posts are transposed, the P.103 was the STOVL fighter with...
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    Best Allied bomber destroyer.

    Worth bearing in mind that the Meteor was conceived in September 1940, the height of the Battle of Britain, and that was exactly the role it was intended for.
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