military aircraft

Military Aircraft

By: W. Abbott Lawrence

Table of Contents How fast planes can go

What they can do

What are used on Aircraft for Combat

How fast planes can go • The Airspeed oxford can go 188 mph

It didn’t fly very fast because of its very heavy weight for its 53’ wingspan.

• The Armstrong Whitworth can fly 222 mph It only has 1,145 horsepower.

• The Me-262 can go 540 mph During its time it was the plane of its kind.

“Falcon HTV-2, an unmanned, rocket-launched, maneuverable aircraft designed to fly at Mach 20 (about 13,000 miles per hour).”

Airspeed Oxford

Armstrong Whitworth

Me-262

What they can do• The Fairy Swordfish is used as a combat plane.

It has manually operated browning in the cockpit. • The Armstrong Whitworth can go up to 21,000’

above sea level.It weighs about 19,350 pounds when it

is empty.• The B-17 Flying Fortress Can carry up to 6 tons

(12,000 pounds) of bombs.Each bomb weighs over 1000 pounds and sit

right behind the cockpit

Fairy Swordfish

B-17 Flying Fortress

What are used on Aircraft for Combat

• Browning’s or Victor K’s They are the main type of turrets used on aircraft.They can be used on two seated planes.On large combat planes they are on the front where the pilot is.Usually there on the sides behind the wings.When there on the tail there 40mm turrets.• Torpedoes‘ or Bombs The torpedoes and bombs are used to take down large watercraft.There are never more than 10 torpedoes on one airplane.

Bombs

Torpedoes

Turrets

ConclusionMilitary Aircraft are very helpful when in a war because they can carry large amounts of bombs and fly fast.

Work CitedWWII British Aircraft

The Visual Dictionary of Flight