Subject: #1 Jet of World War II
From: "Emmanuel Gustin"
Date: 7/21/03 12:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
...

I undesrtand that there was a later model Mosquito on the drawing boards
in
1944

What was on the drawing boards in 1944 was the Canberra,
of course. The formal spec was issued in 1945 and called for
the highest max continuous cruise speed at 40,000 feet, but not
less than 440 knots (506 mph) and a ceiling of at least 50,000 ft;
a short range was undesirable but the RAF was willing to accept
1400 nautical miles (1610 statute miles) with a 6,000 lb bomb
load if nothing better was on offer. By the standards of the day,
that was ambitious enough...

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