 | The Slowest Plane of WW2?| Aviation Discuss The Slowest Plane of WW2? in the World War II - Aviation forums; you think that's the slowest? well if we're disscounting the real lightweights such as the storch which in ... |
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04-22-2006, 08:33 AM
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#31 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | you think that's the slowest? well if we're disscounting the real lightweights such as the storch which in all honesty wins this hands down, the swordfish was slower than them two, (after having to use a converter, i hate metric units) the slowest of those two reached roughly 144mph, the swordfish was lucky to hit 138mph.........
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04-22-2006, 09:16 AM
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Country:  | ok, i agree that i put the question title wrong... Here is a new one:
What was the slowest fighter, transport, bomber and courier Aircraft of WW2? | |
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04-22-2006, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by KraziKanuK Time to send another PM off to Horse about your agressive conduct and abussive language. | I have to say that sounds about as lame as "I'm gonna tell my dad". I am not going to quote the rest of your rant as it does not bear repeating. Les has already addressed my exception, so I will only warn you that you are being watched carefully here, and you are skating on thin ice.
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04-22-2006, 12:04 PM
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| Well Pisis, the old P-26 did 234 MPH and was a front line FIGHTER in the Phillipines till 1940.
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04-22-2006, 12:08 PM
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#35 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | can i nominate the Swordfish for slowest bomber then? and slowest "courier" has to go to the storch.....
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04-22-2006, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Twitch Well Pisis, the old P-26 did 234 MPH and was a front line FIGHTER in the Phillipines till 1940. | I was thinking the P-26 also, Twitch. I don't know if there is anything slower. If there was, I pity the poor bastard who had to fly it!
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04-22-2006, 12:49 PM
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| The TBD Devestator had a top speed of 208 MPH at 8000 ft. and a cruising speed of 128 MPH.
If it was going to carry the standard 1200 lbs. torpedo, then its speed on its drop altitude was going to be very slow.
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04-22-2006, 03:51 PM
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#38 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well as it's a bomber it's faster than the swordfish........
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04-22-2006, 04:08 PM
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| Gloster Gaultlets were used in the early days of the desert war and I don't think they topped 230.
For bombers the British in Singapore attacked the Japenese Fleet in Vickers Vincents top speed clean of around 135mph.
For communications aircraft I would go for the Auster. | |
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04-22-2006, 05:54 PM
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| VICKERS VILDEBEEST
Heres a real slow one. It saw action off of Malaya and Sumatra in Dec 1941 and early 1942.
Top speed of 143MPH http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircra...VILDEBEEST.htm
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04-22-2006, 06:56 PM
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| Were thinking along similar lines. A vincent is a version of a Vilderbeest | |
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04-22-2006, 09:37 PM
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Country: | Not necessarily your exact thread, but the Fieseler Fi 167 was actually the slowest aircraft of WWII. It's top speed was 198, but it had no stall speed. The plane would actually just sink instead of stalling.
Source is William Green's Warplanes of the Third Reich... | |
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04-23-2006, 04:24 AM
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04-23-2006, 05:17 AM
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I think the Storch is about the slowest plane I can think of as for combat aircraft the old Stringbag was no ball of fire at 139mph at 4750ft and132mph at sea level. Plus with a take off distance fully loaded into a 40knot wind of 62 yards and much less when not loaded the Swordfish must have been amoung the (shall we say) less rapid combat aircraft of WW2.
It did make it a bit dodgy when the wind picked up over the flight deck and it was not unheard of one almost doing a Harrier lift off or landing when not carrying a tin fish.
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04-23-2006, 08:08 AM
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| Still the Po-2 
Top speed of just 95mph, and used frequently as a nusiance bomber. | |
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