On Wednesday 19 May 2004 01:18, Jim Wilson wrote: > > Does this help? > > http://www.geocities.com/copeab/Vehicles/P51D_Mustang.htm > > The WWII Hawkers were out performed by the P51D at least in terms of speed > and ceiling. I'm not sure about the Sea Fury but if it was faster it was > likely by a tiny margin. > > This shows 437 mph @ 25,000ft: > http://www.spiderbark.com/fgfs/3-View-sq-sign-MIA.jpg
:) I found a figure of 466 mph @ 24500 ft for the Tempest prototype Mk 1 but this had come down to 435 @ 17500 ft for the Mk V. Post-war, the 3000 hp Sabre Mk VIII was fitted to a Tempest MkIII resulting in 483 mph - no alt given though. Apparently this was the last Tempest Mk before the Fury and Sea Fury (yeah - the Mks don't make much sense to me either) For the Sea Fury I found a top speed of 435 mph and a ceiling of 34300 ft. So I reckon you're right - the fastest production WWII prop fighter a/c probably was the P-51D. LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
