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Wotjek you amaze me constantly with endless supply of excellent images.
Fokker D-8?so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?
so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?
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?Sopwith Dragon @ 149 mph
so....what was the fastest combat aircraft in the Great War?
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
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.
Tyrodom I was not confused it was just badly written by me mixing up two points/issues.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.