To: FlyVet
I was, of course, speaking of the lighting's speed in relation to other prop aircraft. I think the ME-262 take the award for sustained speed. The Komet wasn't a a true airplane - but rather a liquid-fueld rocket with wings that shot itself skyward at tremendous speed for (usually) one pass through the target bomber formation and then glided (barely) to a barely controlled landing once its fuel burned out. The Komet, as I recall, killed more German pilots than allied.
92 posted on
05/10/2002 8:01:42 PM PDT by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp
I would think so. Practically a suicide plane, as the Baka definitely was.
94 posted on
05/10/2002 8:08:01 PM PDT by
FlyVet
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