Some WWII era Jet Performance Trials

[Mike Williams]

Hiya fellas:

I've noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest:

Vampire Performance Testing
Vampire F Mk. I TG.274 Level Speed and Position Error Trials
Vampire I TG.274 Preliminary handling trials of first production aircraft
Vampire I Flight Tests- RAE Report No. Aero 2280

Meteor Performance Testing
Tactical Trials Meteor III

P-80 Performance Trials
Performance Tests of the Lockheed P-80 A-1 Airplane, AAF No. 44-85044
P-80A-5LO Airplane, AAF No. 44-85462, Effect of Surface Filler and Paint on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A
Memorandum Report on Effect of Modified Nose Clipped Wing Tip Panels on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A-1
P-80A Airplane, AAF No. 44-85705, Performance Flight Tests

Memorandum Report on The HE-162, AAF No. 489
Memorandum Report on ME-163B, Serial No. FE-500
Memorandum Report on Arado 234, AAF No. T2-1010
Note on the performance in flight of the German jet-propelled aircraft Messerschmitt 262, Heinkel 162 and Arado 234
History and Experiences of He-162, HE-162 Report No. 2 This report courtesy of Anders Jonsson.

A huge thanks to Neil Stirling for all his research and hard work!

Hopefully the material might prove useful in the board discussions.

 

[johnbr]

Great stuff.

 

[Waynos]

Thank you for all this, now I just need to find a bit of time to read them. I suspect the answers to some of the questions I've been asking will be in there. Thanks again.

 

[HoHun]

Hi Mike,

>I've noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest:

Fantastic, thanks a lot!

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)