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[Rygar]

American Turbojet fighter/interceptor Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star



The Shooting Star was possibly the best Allied jet fighter to emerge from World War II (called
the P-80 until after WWII). However, like the other Allied jets it was too late to be used in
combat. Several were flown around Italy late in the war, but they never saw the enemy.
The design was launched in June 1943 using the de Havilland H.1B turbojet. In an
incredible feat of engineering the P-80 was designed, built and flown in 143 days. The P-80
had a fairly conventional design apart from the jet engine and laminar flow wing. It first
flew in January, 1944. The power plant was soon changed to the Allison turbojet. This
aircraft was a sleek, low-wing monoplane with tricycle landing gear and all round canopy
visibility. The P-80 version with an improved wing, began to enter service in January 1945,
and a total of just 45 of this variant had been delivered before the end of the war.
Production plans for 5,000 aircraft were cancelled, but the development of more improved
versions continued production to 5,691 aircraft. The dual seat trainer version, the T-33
is one of the world's best known aircraft, having served with the air forces of more than 20
different countries for almost 40 years. Many are still in use throughout the world. The
two-place T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven
aircraft. It was developed from the single-seat F-80 fighter by lengthening the fuselage
slightly more than three feet to accommodate a second cockpit. In addition to its
use as a trainer, the T-33 has been used for such tasks as drone director and target towing,
and in some countries even as a combat aircraft. By the time of the Korean war the
F-80 was being supplanted in the role of the American front-line fighter by the F-86 Sabre,
however, the Americans sent the F-80s to Korea in the mistaken belief that they could do
the job. They didn't count on the strong opposition from Russian MiG-15s.
Sabres were sent to Korea to protect the B-29 bombers and the Shooting Stars were
relegated to the ground attack role with support from F-86s. They excelled at this role due to their good
performance at low altitudes and their ability to carry a reasonable tonnage of bombs.

Wing span: 11.81 mt
Lenght: 10.49 mt
Height: 3.43 mt
Weight (max): 7646 kg
Propulsion: 1x Allison J33-A-35 turbojet engine, 2041 kg
Speed (max): 967 km/h
Service ceiling: 14265 mt
Armament: 16x 12,7 mm MG
Bomb load: 2x 454 kg
Crew: 1

American Bomber Northrop B-35



The B-35 was the first of the Jack Northrop (1895-1972) designed flying wing bombers.
The advantages of a flying wing format were perceived as providing both low drag and high lift, which meant that the XB-35 could carry any weight faster, farther, and cheaper than conventional aircraft.
The first XB-35 took off on its maiden flight on June 25, 1946. Having virtually no fuselage, the cockpit located on the front of the wing edge, four, twenty-eight-cylinder radial engines housed in very thick swept wings, each powered two counter-rotating four-blade propellers aft of the trailing edge, through a complex system of drive shafts.
The United States Army Air Force originally ordered two experimental, thirteen service test, and 200 production models.
However, only three airplanes ever took flight.
Development of the B-35 eventually gave way to a jet-powered version, the B-49. In the late 1940s, speed was of the essence in bombers, and the Flying Wing was not built for speed.

Wing span: 52.4 mt
Lenght: 16.18 mt
Height: 6.1 mt
Weight (max): 46940 kg
Propulsion: 4x Pratt&Whitney R-4360-17/21, 2950 hp each
Speed (max): 630 km/h
Service ceiling: 9000 mt
Armament: 16x 12.7 mm MG
Bomb load: 18700 kg
Crew: 9

British Turbojet fighter Gloster Meteor F.Mk III



The Gloster Meteor entered the history books as the only turbojet powered aircraft flown in combat by the Allies during World War Two.
It fought V-1 and V-2 rockets, and also served on the other side of the channel looking for Me 262s and Me 163s.
Eight prototypes of the Meteor were built during development, each with differing engines of various speeds and powers.
The first prototype to fly was the fifth one built. It got airborne on 5 March 1943 powered by two dH Halford H.I engines, with about 1,500 pounds of thrust each. The first production batch consisted of 20 Gloster G.41A Meteor F.Mk Is.
These had Welland engines and a clear-view canopy. The first Meteor was traded to the United States for a Bell YP-59A Airacomet, the USA's first jet fighter. One was used in an experimental design for the world's first turboprop-driven plane. This aircraft, the Trent-Meteor, used reduction gears on the engine to drive a propeller shaft with a five bladed propeller. It was equipped with longer stroke landing gear to give clearance for the propeller tips. The first operational jet fighter squadron was No. 616. It was given a detached flight of seven Meteor F.Mk Is when it moved to Manston, Kent in July of 1944. RAF Flying Officer Dean claimed the first V-1 to be destroyed by a jet fighter. After all four of his guns jammed, he used his wing tip to push the V-1 nose-first towards the ground. The same day another Meteor claimed a second V-1. By the end of August, the squadron was completely converted to Meteors. The first Meteor F.Mk IIIs were delivered on December 18, 1944, and these began to replace the Mk. Is. The Mk IIs had the much better Derwent turbojets, which improved performance considerably. In January of 1945, one flight from No. 616 Squadron was moved across the channel to begin operations in Belgium. After the war, production continued. The most prolific version built was the Meteor F.Mk 8, with gyro-gunsights, bubble canopy, ejection seats and bigger Derwent engines, with a top speed of 600 mph (966 km/h). A two-seat, dual control trainer was built for the RAF under the designation Meteor T.Mk 7, and a two-seat night fighter, the Meteor NF Mk 13, entered service in 1952.

Wing span: 13.10 mt
Lenght: 12.57 mt
Height: 3.96 mt
Weight (max): 6207.75 kg
Propulsion: 2x 770kg Rolls Royce Welland
Speed (max): 795 km/h
Service ceiling: 13400 mt
Armament: 4x 20 mm cannons
Bomb load: N/A
Crew: 1

British Fying wing bomber/transport Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper OA-1 (Burnelli UB 14)



The Burnelli UB-14 was one of the span-loader design aircraft, which used their wide fuselage for lifting.
The UB-14 only stands for a list of brilliant transports that Burnelli designed from 1920 until 1945.
The Cunliffe-Owen Clyde Clipper was built in England under a license from Mr. Burnelli and under his supervision. The aircraft was used by General Charles de Gaulle during WWII

Wing span: 21.64 mt
Lenght: 13.41 mt
Height: 3.05 mt
Weight (max): 9500 kg
Propulsion: 2x Pratt & Whitney Hornet, 750 hp each
Speed (max): 338 km/h
Service ceiling: 6705 mt
Armament: N/A
Bomb load: 5330 kg
Crew: 1

Russian Rocket interceptor Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1



The BI was the first liquid-fuel rocket jet fighter aircraft flown in the USSR.
This was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of simple mixed construction from the very beginning designed to facilitate mass production.
The aircraft was designed by Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak (1912 - 1974) and Alexei Mikhailovich Isayev (1908 - 1971) under the direction of Professor Victor Bolkhovitinov, head of the OKB Bolkhovitinov (aircraft design bureau).
The BI was powered by Dushkin - Isayev D-1A-1100 mounted in the tail section of the aircraft and capable of providing sustained thrust for 2 minutes.
The engine was fuelled by a highly-volatile mixture of aviation-grade kerosene and nitric acid, which was dangerous to handle and caused corrosion of the aircraft's tanks and fuel lines considerably delaying the aircraft's development.
Technical plans for the BI were completed in Spring of 1941, but the project's development could not go ahead until it received Stalin's approval on July 9, 1941. The first prototype was produced in only 35 days.

Wing span: 6.48 mt
Lenght: 6.40 mt
Height: ?
Weight (max): 1650 kg
Propulsion: 1x Dushkin - Isayev D-14-1100, 1406 kg
Speed (max): 990 km/h
Service ceiling: 10000 mt
Armament: 2x ShVAK-20 20mm cannons
Bomb load: N/A
Crew: 1

Russian Heavy bomber Petlyakov Pe-8



The first TB-7 was delivered in May 1940. By July of that year, Petlyakov had been rehabilitated, and in fact was assigned his own OKB, which retained ownership of the TB-7. The bomber would be presently redesignated "Pe-8" to reflect the change in management. It is not clear when this change was actually made, different sources claiming 1941 or 1942, but the designation "Pe-8" will be used in the rest of this document for simplicity. The Pe-8 performed the Soviet Union's first bombing raid on Berlin, on the night of 10 August 1941, barely three weeks after the Nazi invasion. It was mostly a propaganda exercise, with only five of the eight bombers on the raid actually reaching Berlin, and then dumping their loads haphazardly. Along with conducting long-range night raids, Pe-8s also served as long-range transports, dropping agents and supplies and delivering diplomats. In April 1942, a Pe-8 performed a non-stop flight to England to deliver embassy personnel and mail, and in May one carried Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and his staff to Britain and the US.

Wing span: 39.1 mt
Lenght: 23.6 mt
Height: 6.2 mt
Weight (max): 31420 kg
Propulsion: 4x Mikulin AM-35A, 1350 hp each
Speed (max): 438 km/h
Service ceiling: 8400 mt
Armament: 2x 20mm cannons, 2x 12.7mm MG, 2x 7.62mm MG
Bomb load: 5000 kg
Crew: 11

German Fighter/Bobmer Horten Ho 229 Fying wing



The Horten Ho 229 flying wing was an advanced Luftwaffe jet fighter that was in development at the end of the war. The Horten brothers developed many flying wing gliders and powered aircraft before and during WWII. Although the Ho 229 never saw service during the war, it was clearly very advanced and would have proved a formidable weapon.

A single example of the Ho 229 exists today in storage at the National Air and Space Museum. It remains preserved in original condition.

Wing span: 16.75 mt
Lenght: 7.47 mt
Height: 2.80 mt
Weight (max): 9000 kg
Propulsion: 2x Junkers Jumo 004B turbojets, 900 kg each
Speed (max): 977 km/h
Service ceiling: 16000 mt
Armament: 4x Mk 103 or Mk 108 cannon
Bomb load: 2x 1000 kg
Crew: 1

German Turbojet bomber Arado Ar E.555/1 "Amerika bomber"



In 1944, Arado was asked to compile design studies for a long-range jet powered
bomber. On December 28, 1944, Arado was ordered to cease all work on the E.555
series, probably due to the worsening war situation, and the need to
concentrate aircraft development and production on fighters.

Wing span: 21.2 mt
Lenght: 18.4 mt
Height: 6.4 mt
Weight (max): 24000 kg
Propulsion: 6x BMW 109-003A
Speed (max): 860 km/h
Service ceiling: 15000 mt
Armament: 2x 30mm M 103 cannons, 4x 20mm Maschinengewehre Magnesium 151 cannons
Bomb load: 4000 kg
Crew: 3

Italian Turbojet fighter Reggiane Re.2007


Detail design of the Re 2007 single-seat jet fighter began in October 1943. With component manufacturing began shortly afterwards. All design work had to be based on the known dimension of the Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engine, it's intended power plant, but could progress no further by January 1944 owing to to lack of detailed information relating to the engine and it's installation. Hauptmann Bohm, the Luftwaffe's senior engineer at the Reggiane plant, could obtain no definitive decision concerning the supply of the two Junkers Jumo 004B's which had been promised by the Germans. On the 7th January 1944, Roberto Longhi wrote to Count Caproni, requesting that he intercede with the German authorities as design work had stalled. In the meantime, much of the rear fuselage, wing spars, ribs, undercarriage and the cockpit were built but because of the inability to obtain adequately detailed information relating to the engine work once again stalled. In October 1944 the completed components were moved to the Caproni plant at Taliedo, where they would remain until the end of the war, when they were then shipped to the U.S.A. If built the RE 2007 could be considered the best jet fighter not only of WWII but also of the late 40s and good enough in the early 50s.

Wing span: 9.5 mt
Lenght: 9 mt
Height: 2.93 mt
Weight (max): 3540 kg
Propulsion: 1x Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet, 1000 kg
Speed (max): 1050 km/h (Mach 0.85)
Service ceiling: over 15000 mt
Armament: 4x 20 mm Mauser MG-151 cannons
Bomb load: N/A
Crew: 1

Italian Asymmetric Interceptor Savoia Marchetti S.M.92


In the years immediately preceding Marshall Badoglio's anti-Fascist coup and the subsequent capitulation to the invading Allies, the Italian aircraft industry was just beginning to emerge from the technical backwater it had occupied since its heyday in the early 1930s. By hastily fitting the German powerplants to existing airframes like the Macchi MC.200, FIAT G.50, and Reggiane RE.2000, the engineers had also met the immediate needs of the Italian pilots at the front. SIAI Savoia-Marchetti designed, built, and tested two twin-engined fighter designs, the SM.91 and a derivative, the SM.92. Both were heavily armed, twin-boom two-seaters powered by pairs of imported, 1475-hp DB.605A-1 engines. While the SM.91 proved thoroughly satisfactory in tests, the Savoia-Marchetti engineers were already looking for ways of boosting performance still further. Since further power would not be immediately forthcoming—the larger displacement DB.603 was not yet available to the Italians—drag reduction seemed the only course open to the designers. Keeping the same engines and the same, basic wing and tail design, the designers abandoned the central gondola and placed the crew in a redesigned port tail boom. They installed two 20-mm MG.151 cannon in the leading edge of a now substantially narrower center section, one MG.151 between the cylinder blocks of the starboard engine, firing through the airscrew hub, and two synchronized, 12.7-mm, Breda-SAFAT machine guns under each engine. The tail wheel now retracted into a pod on the centerline of the horizontal stabilizer. A single, remotely aimed 12.7-mm Breda-SAFAT was mounted at the rear of this pod. The new SM.92 flew November 12, 1943, after Italy's capitulation. All testing was carried out under Luftwaffe control. As the engineers had hoped, performance was significantly better. But it was all for nought. Northern Italy was now to all intents and purposes a province of the German Reich. Her production resources were German resources. While the Luftwaffe technical evaluation team found the SM.92 interesting, they preferred to devote Italy's resources to the production of existing, German types and types that better fit Luftwaffe requirements and operational doctrine. Work was stopped, and the pilots that remained in the dwindling rump of Fascist Italy retrained on the Bf109G.

Wing span: 18.55 mt
Lenght: 13.70 mt
Height: 4.10 mt
Weight (max): 8750 kg
Propulsion: 2x Daimler Benz DB 605 A-1, 1250 hp each
Speed (max): 615 km/h
Service ceiling: 12000 mt
Armament: 3x 20 mm Mauser Cannons, 5x 12.7mm MG
Bomb load: N/A
Crew: 2

Japanese Turbojet fighter/interceptor Nakajima Ki-201 Karyuu


The data for the Me262 jet intercepter were brought to Japan from Germany by 1944.
The fighter "Ki-201 Karyuu" was developed with Nakashima based on this data.
This project was the joint development of the imperial army and navy.
"Karyuu" expanded Me262. However, development progressed slowly.
Pacific war was ended at the moment when a production drawing was completed.

Wing span: 13.70 mt
Lenght: 11.50 mt
Height: 4.05 mt
Weight (max): 7000 kg
Propulsion: 2x Ishikawajima Ne-130 Turbojet, 908 kg each
Speed (max): 852 km/h
Service ceiling: over 12000 mt
Armament: 2x 30mm Type5 cannons, 2x 20mm Type99 cannons
Bomb load: 1x 800 kg
Crew: 1

Japanese Super heavy bomber Nakajima G10N1 Fugaku



In April of 1943, Nakajima undertook the study and design of just such a bomber and they did so on their own volition, not at the request of either the Navy or the Army air arms, although ultimately, the Navy would hold sway over the project. Entitled Project Z, Nakajima looked at the requirements for an aircraft able to attack the United States and it should not be a surprise that they looked to the Boeing B-29 as a basis to begin, given that it had the range and ability, which the Japanese could plainly see as those very planes bombed their cities. The work attracted the attention of the military and the data and concepts worked up by Nakajima formed the basis of an official inquiry jointly conducted by the Navy and Army. Initially, Nakajima wanted to use the powerful Nakajima Ha-505 thirty-six cylinder radial, mounting three per wing. Each would develop 5,000hp. But it was to be seen that the Ha-505 would not be available in any reliable form and the project could not wait for them to be ready and so six Nakajima NK11A radials would have to be used instead, each developing only 2,500hp. This settled on, the aircraft, now designated as the G10N1 Fugaku ( Mount Fuji ), began to emerge and take shape.
The G10N1 was a pretty impressive aircraft with capability close to and in many cases, exceeding the B-29. But the Japanese could ill-afford, like the Germans, to spend critical war assets on building such large aircraft when the usefulness of them was highly dubious by the time they would have appeared on the tarmac.
Unlike some of the other large bomber designs the Japanese were working on ( such as the Kawasaki Ki-91 and the Nakajima G8N Renzan ) which actually made it to the flightline or were in the process of tooling up for construction, the G10N1 did not have any metal cut on it, remaining forever in the advanced design stage as the war came to a close for Japan.

Wing span: 63 mt
Lenght: 40 mt
Height: 8.80 mt
Weight (max): 160000 kg
Propulsion: 6x Nakajima NK11A, 2500 hp each
Speed (max): 680 km/h
Service ceiling: over 10000 mt
Armament: 7x 20mm cannons
Bomb load: 20000 kg
Crew: 11

Edited by Rygar, 21 August 2004 - 01:03 PM.

[Mig Eater]

I changed the clyde clipper pic

[Andre27]

Aahh... i hate having to scroll from left to right because the text doesn't fit the screen. :x :shock:

[Mig Eater]

I don't know what dose that, as the text is meant to wrap so it should be the same width as the biggest pic

[Apollo]

The Horten ho 229 flying wing plane is just awesome

the vxl would need some touchup tho 8)

[Rygar]

Added all remaining units

[Mig Eater]

I changed the Ar E.555 pic...

[Rygar]

beautiful

[Tesla]

Can you add some more secret airplanes,I have some nazi secret planes....I just have find the magazine where it's name was. :(

[Andre27]

Aren't 2 secret planes per country enough?

[Mig Eater]

More! :|

I'm thinking about cutting back the amount of secret units actually...

[Tesla]

But can't there be Tech Secret lab airplanes as well? :?

[Andre27]

no

[Mig Eater]

Don't worry tho, there is a skirmish game mode were you can use more jets then listed

[Rygar]

the problem is: while Germany can have lots os secret planes, what will be the new secret planes for other countries?

[Rygar]

added in-game pic of Fugaku