Some WWII era Jet Performance Trials - Aircraft of World War II

Mike Williams · 01-25-2009, 08:35 PM

Hiya fellas:

I’ve noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest:

Vampire Performance Testing
Vampire F Mk. I TG.274 Level Speed and Position Error Trials
Vampire I TG.274 Preliminary handling trials of first production aircraft
Vampire I Flight Tests- RAE Report No. Aero 2280

Meteor Performance Testing
Tactical Trials Meteor III

P-80 Performance Trials
Performance Tests of the Lockheed P-80 A-1 Airplane, AAF No. 44-85044
P-80A-5LO Airplane, AAF No. 44-85462, Effect of Surface Filler and Paint on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A
Memorandum Report on Effect of Modified Nose & Clipped Wing Tip Panels on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A-1
P-80A Airplane, AAF No. 44-85705, Performance Flight Tests

Memorandum Report on The HE-162, AAF No. 489
Memorandum Report on ME-163B, Serial No. FE-500
Memorandum Report on Arado 234, AAF No. T2-1010
Note on the performance in flight of the German jet-propelled aircraft Messerschmitt 262, Heinkel 162 and Arado 234
History and Experiences of He-162, HE-162 Report No. 2 This report courtesy of Anders Jonsson.

A huge thanks to Neil Stirling for all his research and hard work!

Hopefully the material might prove useful in the board discussions.

johnbr · 01-26-2009, 04:37 AM

Great stuff.

Waynos · 01-26-2009, 04:58 AM

Thank you for all this, now I just need to find a bit of time to read them. I suspect the answers to some of the questions I've been asking will be in there. Thanks again.

HoHun · 01-26-2009, 06:54 AM

Hi Mike,

>I’ve noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest:

Fantastic, thanks a lot! :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

01-25-2009, 08:35 PM	#1
Mike Williams Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 60	Some WWII era Jet Performance Trials Hiya fellas: I’ve noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest: Vampire Performance Testing Vampire F Mk. I TG.274 Level Speed and Position Error Trials Vampire I TG.274 Preliminary handling trials of first production aircraft Vampire I Flight Tests- RAE Report No. Aero 2280 Meteor Performance Testing Tactical Trials Meteor III P-80 Performance Trials Performance Tests of the Lockheed P-80 A-1 Airplane, AAF No. 44-85044 P-80A-5LO Airplane, AAF No. 44-85462, Effect of Surface Filler and Paint on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A Memorandum Report on Effect of Modified Nose & Clipped Wing Tip Panels on the Level Flight Performance of the P-80A-1 P-80A Airplane, AAF No. 44-85705, Performance Flight Tests Memorandum Report on The HE-162, AAF No. 489 Memorandum Report on ME-163B, Serial No. FE-500 Memorandum Report on Arado 234, AAF No. T2-1010 Note on the performance in flight of the German jet-propelled aircraft Messerschmitt 262, Heinkel 162 and Arado 234 History and Experiences of He-162, HE-162 Report No. 2 This report courtesy of Anders Jonsson. A huge thanks to Neil Stirling for all his research and hard work! Hopefully the material might prove useful in the board discussions. __________________ WWII Aircraft Performance

01-26-2009, 04:58 AM	#3
Waynos Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 914	Thank you for all this, now I just need to find a bit of time to read them. I suspect the answers to some of the questions I've been asking will be in there. Thanks again. __________________ BlondeValkyrie - Bugger off and host your OWN pictures you thieving twat

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01-26-2009, 04:37 AM	#2
johnbr Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 284	Great stuff.

01-26-2009, 06:54 AM	#4
HoHun Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,765	Hi Mike, >I’ve noticed there has been a lot of discussion on the board lately regarding various WWII era jets. I thought the membership might find the primary source Trials Reports linked below to be of interest: Fantastic, thanks a lot! :-) Regards, Henning (HoHun)