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Its not an issue when fighters can't reach your altitude.
by jayd16 1y ago
Its not an issue when fighters can't reach your altitude.
- sien 1y agoInterestingly by the time it came into service the Me-262 could reach it. B-29 service ceiling was 9710 m. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress#Specifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress#Spec... For the Me-262 the service ceiling: 11,450 m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262#Specifications_(Messerschmitt_Me_262_A-1a) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262#Specifica... The B-29 was an absolutely insane technical achievement. But it's also completely crazy to think that as soon as it was in service the Me-262 had made it obsolete. Also the German development of guided surface to air missiles. The US immediately had to build a pressurized jet bomber that would operate in a considerably tougher environment. The US had began working on what would wind up as the B-52 that would fly 6 years later in 1951. By that point you'd think that everything would keep changing. Yet here we are almost 75 years later and the B-52 is still a US combat aircraft that is expected to stay in service until the 2050s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress The pace of technological development is so crazy.
- UncleSlacky 1y agoCould be the reason that the B-29 was never used over Germany.
- Aloha 1y agoThe ME109 could also reach the service ceiling of the B-29
- usrusr 1y agoB-52 age is my favorite "yes, but" series: Yes, but the B-52H still in use are very different from the ones built in 1951. Yes, but the youngest B-52H was built in 1962. So much closer to the days of the Wright Flyer than to the present day.