The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...
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The fastest fighters of World War II that still lost the sky
The race for speed during World War II produced aircraft faster than anything the world had ever seen. This story follows the pilots and machines that pushed the limits of flight, from rocket-powered ...
The Opel RAK.1, the first purpose-designed rocket plane, flew on 30 September 1929. It reached a top speed of 150 km/h (93 mph). The first operational military rocket-powered aircraft was the ...
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