WW1 aircraft

[Wurger]

Yeah, I just liked the dog.

So do I.

 

[Wurger]

Airco D.H.1

 

[parsifal]

Wotjek you amaze me constantly with endless supply of excellent images.

 

[parsifal]

so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?

 

[Wurger]

Wotjek you amaze me constantly with endless supply of excellent images.

My pleasure Michael.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?

Fokker D-8?

 

[Glider]

Maybe the Spad XIII

 

[Wurger]

Airco D.H.2

 

[vikingBerserker]

so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?

Sopwith Dragon @ 149 mph

 

[Graeme]

Sopwith Dragon @ 149 mph

Hi VB. I'm reading that speed was achieved post-war?

This aircraft did not begin official trials at Martlesham Heath until February 1919.[4] It attained a top speed of 150 mph (240 km/h) at sea level and achieved a service ceiling of 25,000 ft.[1]

 

[Graeme]

Author John W.R. Taylor makes a good point that aircraft performance did not advance greatly during the 1914-1918 war when you consider some of the best fighters of that period were slower that the experimental S.E.4 of 1914 that achieved 135mph...

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 - Wikipedia

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Sopwith Dragon @ 149 mph

TILT!! It appears the Dragon never entered squadron service, never saw combat, and was flying only in prototype form as of 11:11/11/11/18, all production machines in storage for lack of engines. How does that qualify as a WW1 combat aircraft? Shall we designate the P59 and P80 as WWII combat aircraft?
Cheers,
Wes

 

[Wurger]

Airco D.H.2

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots!

 

[buffnut453]

so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?

Take your pick:

WW1 Aircraft Ranked-by-Speed - From Fastest to Slowest

 

[Graeme]

Take your pick:

WW1 Aircraft Ranked-by-Speed - From Fastest to Slowest

G'day mate. Did you see their WW2 list?
Paper projects make it to the top....ya gotta laugh.

WW2 Aircraft Ranked-by-Speed - From Fastest to Slowest

 

[pbehn]

The SE5A was credited with 138 MPH but had chronic reliability issues, quoting a single research aircrafts performance is misleading. The Supermarine S6 won the Schneider trophy and set a speed of 407 MPH in 1931 but the pilot couldn't see forward and it ran on Benzole methanol acetone and tetra ethyl lead.

 

[buffnut453]

G'day mate. Did you see their WW2 list?
Paper projects make it to the top....ya gotta laugh.

WW2 Aircraft Ranked-by-Speed - From Fastest to Slowest

I hadn't...but I agree it's faintly ridiculous. That said, the WWI list looks a bit more reliable with the DH4 being among the fastest.

 

[tyrodtom]

The SE5A was credited with 138 MPH but had chronic reliability issues, quoting a single research aircrafts performance is misleading. The Supermarine S6 won the Schneider trophy and set a speed of 407 MPH in 1931 but the pilot couldn't see forward and it ran on Benzole methanol acetone and tetra ethyl lead.

I think you have the SE5A confused with the SE4. I think there was only one SE4 was made, but thousands of SE5A's were made. The geared engine 200 hp engine the SE5A was originally introduced with was troublesome, but they eventually solved the problems. The SE5a was credited with a 138 mph top speed by some sources, as was the earlier SE4.

 

[pbehn]

I think you have the SE5A confused with the SE4. I think there was only one SE4 was made, but thousands of SE5A's were made. The geared engine 200 hp engine the SE5A was originally introduced with was troublesome, but they eventually solved the problems. The SE5a was credited with a 138 mph top speed by some sources, as was the earlier SE4.

Tyrodom I was not confused it was just badly written by me mixing up two points/issues.

The SE4 was high performing in terms of speed but in no way a serviceable military aircraft (like the Supermarine S6), even the SE5A which did 138MPH had chronic reliability issues years later.....was what I should have posted