How fast was the fastest plane in ww2?


How fast was the fastest plane in ww2? The fastest aircraft to see any combat in WWII was the Messerschmitt Me 163, which set an airspeed record of 702 mph in 1944 (although this record was not recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale due to its secrecy during the war).


Has Mach 10 been reached?

Mach 10 speed has never been achieved by a manned aircraft, though, so it has never been tested. Mach 10 has, however, been achieved by a spacecraft - on November 16, 2004, NASA launched the X-43A, an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle, and was able to reach real Mach 10 while being pushed into the atmosphere.


What was the slowest fighter plane in WW2?

Most likely slowest fighters would be a biplane (triplanes were out of use after the WW I). top speed 285 km/h at ground level, 350 km/h at alt. It was used mostly during Soviet-Finnish war of 1939/1940, Finns managed to capture/restore several of them and still used them in 1941–1944.