Subject: #1 Jet of World War II
From: (Peter Stickney)
Date: 7/14/03 6:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Best range cruise speed fpr any type of Mosquito would be 'bout 170
kts/196 mph IAS.

That is a very interesting number. I can't help but compare it to the B-26
which got its best range at 180 IAS loaded with steel plate armor and bristling
with machine guns and carrying a crew of 6. Take off the armor, take off the
guns and top turret and cut the crew to two and the B-26 may well have
outperformed the Mosquito by a large margin..

Arthur Kramer
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer