Comments on: THE JET PLANES ARE HERE! (Dec, 1944) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: David http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1086135 David Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:53:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/#comment-1086135 The Gloster aircraft pictured in the article the Gloster E.28/39, a purely experiemental aircraft designed to proved the practicality of a jet powered aircraft. It can be compared to the Heinkel 178 in this respect. Although it's performance was roughly comparable to the contemporary Spitfire it was never used as a war plane. The Gloster Meteor which was actually used against the flying bombs (robot bomb was one of the first names given to the to V-1, along with buzz bomb and, finally, doodelbug) was a larger, twin engined design, airframe by Glosters, engines by Rolls Royce. Although fast enough to catch the V-1, it was inferior to the Me262. However, the two never met in combat. The P-59 was a failure and it wasn't until the P-80 Shooting Star that the US produced a decent jet fighter. The Gloster aircraft pictured in the article the Gloster E.28/39, a purely experiemental aircraft designed to proved the practicality of a jet powered aircraft. It can be compared to the Heinkel 178 in this respect. Although it’s performance was roughly comparable to the contemporary Spitfire it was never used as a war plane.

The Gloster Meteor which was actually used against the flying bombs (robot bomb was one of the first names given to the to V-1, along with buzz bomb and, finally, doodelbug) was a larger, twin engined design, airframe by Glosters, engines by Rolls Royce. Although fast enough to catch the V-1, it was inferior to the Me262. However, the two never met in combat.

The P-59 was a failure and it wasn’t until the P-80 Shooting Star that the US produced a decent jet fighter.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1075614 Jari Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:38:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/#comment-1075614 Outwitting is not needed, just flying fast enough to leave most interceptors behind. Exceptions are Mosquito, which downed 428 of those pesky V-1s, Spitfire XIV downed 303, Mustang 232 and all other types combined 158. As far as I can see, Gloster Meteor was pure Brittish design. And now it's better to stop, I have 8 tabs open for just checking things for this entry alone..... Outwitting is not needed, just flying fast enough to leave most interceptors behind. Exceptions are Mosquito, which downed 428 of those pesky V-1s, Spitfire XIV downed 303, Mustang 232 and all other types combined 158.

As far as I can see, Gloster Meteor was pure Brittish design. And now it’s better to stop, I have 8 tabs open for just checking things for this entry alone…..

]]> By: Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/comment-page-1/#comment-1075594 Paul Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:36:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/06/the-jet-planes-are-here/#comment-1075594 Those German robots will never outwit our electric thinking machines. Those German robots will never outwit our electric thinking machines.

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