Aeroplane Aviation Archive — Issue 33 The World’s Fastest Aircraft
BELL X-1 41 Bell X-1 Max speed: Mach 1.45, 957mph (1,541km/h) Engine: 1 x Reaction Motors XLR-11-RM3 liquid- propellant rocket P ...
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(^44) UNITED STATES The need for speed Counter to a modern-day urban myth, George Welch did not take the XP-86 to supersonic spe ...
NORTH AMERICAN SABRE^45 North American F-86F Sabre Max speed: 695mph (1,118km/h) at 40,000ft Engine: One General Electric J47-GE ...
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HAWKER HUNTER^47 T he age into which the Hunter was born was one in which test pilots were well-known heroes, and British aircra ...
(^48) UNITED KINGDOM The need for speed The British public regarded the Hunter with great pride, buoyed by its high-pro le expl ...
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(^50) UNITED KINGDOM S wift by name, swift by nature. With its swept-back wings and tail, the Swift looked futuristic when it fi ...
SUPERMARINE SWIFT^51 Supermarine Swift FR5 Max Speed: 713mph (1,148km/h) Engine: 1 x Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet Power: 7,175lb th ...
(^52) UNITED STATES T he Douglas Skyray was named after the manta ray it resembled. It was on the leading edge of aircraft desig ...
The need for speed The Skyray prototype XF4D-1 proved supersonic in a dive, and second prototype 124587 established a world air ...
(^54) UNITED STATES O K, two beers’. So said Pete Everest in the F-86D chase aircraft to George ‘Wheaties’ Welch during the maid ...
The Super Sabre was always considered a ‘hot ship’ and it certainly looked the part with its clean lines and swept-back wings. T ...
(^56) UNITED STATES KEY 1 Radar antenna. 2 Radar and radio equipment. 3 Cooling air bleed-off from main duct. 4 Cooling air outl ...
NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SABRE^57 NA F-100D Super Sabre Max speed: 864mph (1,390km/h) at 35,000ft (10,668m) Engine: Pratt & Whit ...
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