Fighter Aircraft

The Messerschmitt Bf 109, despite being a highly effective fighter, had several disadvantages. Its narrow landing gear made it challenging to handle on rough airfields, increasing the risk of accidents during takeoff and landing. Additionally, the cockpit was cramped, limiting pilot comfort and visibility. The aircraft also faced issues with engine reliability and performance at higher altitudes, particularly as the war progressed and more advanced enemy fighters emerged.

The cost to produce a Messerschmitt Bf 109, one of the most famous German fighter planes of World War II, varied throughout its production, but estimates suggest it was around 30,000 Reichsmarks per aircraft. This cost included materials, labor, and overhead, but it fluctuated depending on the specific model and production year. Adjusting for inflation and currency changes, this would be significantly more in today's terms.

The Air Force has Aircraft not Ships. The Navy has Ships.

An F-1 fighter jet, commonly referred to as a Formula 1 fighter jet, does not exist as "F-1" typically refers to Formula 1 racing cars. However, if you meant a modern fighter jet, such as the F-22 Raptor or F-35 Lightning II, they can reach speeds of around 1,500 to 1,600 miles per hour (approximately Mach 2). These jets are designed for air superiority and can perform a variety of combat missions at high speeds.

The limiting factor isn't the plane, but the pilot. Most air forces won't allow manouvers above 9 Gs, to keep the pilots from passing out and crashing. -Most fighter aircraft have G meters and pilots will be in trouble if they pull high G during training or other peacetime flights.

In the Joint Strike Fighter contest was a contest between the two chosen aircraft companies Lockheed-Martin and Boeing. Most people immediately foresaw that Boeing would be un-successful in this competition because of their lack in fighter building experience because their most recent fighter was the P-26 Pea-Shooter a plane built in WWI, 90 years earlier. The requirements were that their aircraft were that they had to be able to hover in mid-air, go supersonic and be completely stealth. Lockheed-Martin won and the beautiful Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II was born.

This is a 3-view of the F-35. it is armed with cannons and rockets, it can go mach 1.5 and it can float in midair, due to the ability to aim the nacelle (the exhaust port, the little black thing on the back of the plane) at the ground. the engine turns a fan in the front and some of the thrust exhaust is ducted out of little ports in a specific spot on the wing, so there are four points of exhaust being thrown at the ground to keep the jet still and stable. The F-35 is the most new high tech American plane that has ever existed and should be seen as a plane of the future and respected.

In short, the F-35 is the best fighter jet to exist so far. look it up on Wikipedia and use a search engine image folder to get an idea of what something looks like.

Heinkel He 280 in 1940 - although that aircraft didn't enter service as a fighter. The Heinkel He 219 Uhu (a multi-seat seat night fighter) was the first operational aircraft to be fitted with one, in 1942, followed later by the Heinkel He 162 (Germany) and the SAAB J21 (Sweden).

The Mitsubishi A6M or Zero had a speed of 330 mph at 15,000 feet altitude. It could exceed that speed by as much as 80 mph, but because of the brittle nature of the aluminum made at that time, any speeds above 400 mph could result in self destruction of the aircraft.

The USAF, USN, and USMC. The US Army does NOT have fixed-wing jet aircraft anymore; that DoD ruling took effect in 1964. USMC jet fighter pilots are trained/funded by the USN.

It completely depends on the type of aircraft. The F-15 can go over Mach 2 while the F-18E can go about Mach 1.5. All of this of course depends on aircraft weight, altitude, payload, and aircraft type.

Hans-Joachim Pabst von Ohain designed Messerschmitt ME. 262 in April 1939. Its first test flight was in March 1943 by Fritz Wendel. Its first successful mission was flown by Adolf Galland.

A little over an hour and a half for one of today's fighter jets to travel 2,400 miles.

The length of time to assemble a fighter plane depended on the type of plane, the manufacturing plant and which nation was doing the building. At the beginning of the war, the Brits were turning out 400 fighter planes a month. The US could produce more than that a month but we had more types of fighters and companies. I have included a production graph for you on the web site below. This chart does include all types of planes though. Follow the links and references and you may find fighter plane production figures.