Aeroplane Aviation Archive — Issue 33 The World’s Fastest Aircraft
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19 20 FOKKER D.VII^20 C reated by Fokker’s highly talented design team, the D.VII proved to be one of the best scouts in service ...
19 20 FOKKER D.VII^23 C reated by Fokker’s highly talented design team, the D.VII proved to be one of the best scouts in service ...
(^24) MACCHI M.C. 72 Macchi M.C. 72 Max speed: 440mph (709.2km/h) Engine: 1 x Fiat AS.6 Liquid- cooled 24- cylinder V-engine Pow ...
MESSERSCHMITT Me 209^25 I n the years between 1935, when Germany rst revealed formation of the Luftwa e, and the outbreak of ...
(^26) GERMANY D esigned by Alexander Lippisch, the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 163 has the distinction of being the only rock ...
Above: Produced by the Hellmuth Walter Werke, the HWK 509A was originally known by the designation II-211. It was a notably comp ...
(^28) GERMANY Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Max speed: 702mph (1,130km/h) Length: 19.16ft (5.84m) Height: 9.09ft (2.77m) Wingspan: 30 ...
MESSERSCHMITT Me 163^29 Left: Messerschmitt Me 163B, BV41, PK+QL, was own by Hptm Wolfgang Späte, with Erprobungskommando 16, ...
(^30) GERMANY Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Max speed: 559mph (900km/h) Length: 34ft 9in (10.60m) Wingspan: 41ft 6in (12.60m) Height ...
MESSERSCHMITT Me 262^31 Hitler reluctantly reversed his order to return production to the fighter variant. At last the Me 262 co ...
(^32) GERMANY Above: Captured Me 262s were extensively studied by the Allies, aiding development of early post war US and Soviet ...
MESSERSCHMITT Me 262^33 The need for speed The Me 262 does not hold any o cial FIA records, but during the war it is reported t ...
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T he Gloster Meteor holds a very special place in British aviation history. It may have been too late to play a major role in Wo ...
(^36) UNITED KINGDOM on 4 August, one by tipping the ‘doodlebug’ out of control with the Meteor’s wing and the second in a more ...
GLOSTER METEOR^37 Left and below: Early Meteor F4s being put through their paces. The Meteor came of age with the F4, its Derwen ...
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(^40) UNITED KINGDOM The need for speed In 1945, the RAF re-formed its High-Speed Flight, last extant before the war when it ope ...
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