Word: thunderjets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fastest fighter on view in the 1947 displays was (Jane's thinks) the YAK-17, a single-jet plane which looks something like Republic's Thunderjet. Probable maximum speed of the YAK-17: around 650 m.p.h. Jane's also reports a "research" plane of German design with a maximum speed of nearly 685 m.p.h. This is probably the plane which the Russians claim has passed the sonic barrier...
...Force chose the Thunderjet. After looking long & hard at all the new models, the airmen decided that the standard U.S. fighter plane for 1948 would be Republic's P-84. Surnamed the Thunderjet, the P84 is probably the world's fastest fighter in tactical service.* Combat-loaded, the Thunderjet's speed is more than 600 m.p.h. Its sound in flight is an ear-cracking whoosh...
...fighter, proved for combat, was heralded by the United States Air Force yesterday. Having solved the problem of heavy fire power from aircraft flying at speeds approaching that of sound, the P-84 Thunderjet is "Now fully qualified for operational service...