Achtung Typhoon!
Join Date: Apr 2009
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People like to waffle on about how far advanced German aircraft were but forget the Allies had advanced aircraft under development too. The dH Vampire first flew in 1943 and would have eaten the Me262 for breakfast.
The impact of these discoveries - especially advanced projects such as P1101 and P1110 (both variable geometry designs) - was enormous
(The Bell X-5 was a totally new aircraft, indeed using VG , but based upon the P.1101 as a start point only)
The P.1110 was not a VG concept IIRC.
The dH Vampire first flew in 1943 and would have eaten the Me262 for breakfast.
Hardly a fair comparison.