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A heavy fighter is a historic category of fighter aircraft produced in the 1930s and 1940s, designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges than light fighter aircraft. To achieve performance, most heavy fighters were twin-engined, and many had multi-place crews; this was in contrast to light fighters, which were typically single ...
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, [Note 1] is a twin-engined Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or Jabo), and night fighter (Nachtjäger) designed by the German aircraft company Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) and produced by successor company Messerschmitt.
Design study for 6,000 ton nuclear powered transport 1800 CL-1800: helicopter project 2000 L-2000: Proposed supersonic transport (SST) 2016 CL-2016: Submission for the Advanced Tactical Fighter initial request for information XFM-2: 1930 s heavy fighter, bomber destroyer, cancelled YP-24: 1931: fighter, ground-attack aircraft XC-35: May 9, 1935
The design and construction of the prototype (registered as X-2) was completed in just seven months. At its introduction at the Paris Air Show in November 1936, even before its first flight, the G.I was a sensation, appearing in a purple and yellow finish (evocative of the Spanish Republican colors, thought to be Fokker's first export customer).
Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.This list does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles, where they have some secondary air-to-air capability.
Rüstungsflugzeug IV for a two-seat heavy fighter; Bf 109 G6 in flight. Rüstungsflugzeug III was intended to be a short range interceptor, replacing the Arado Ar 64 and Heinkel He 51 biplanes then in service. In late March 1933, the RLM published the tactical requirements for a single-seat fighter in the document L.A. 1432/33. [8]
The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e Model 24J "Betty" bomber to within range of its target. . On release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka ' s three solid-fuel rockets, one at a time or in unison, [4] and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended ...
The C.202 was designed by a team headed by the company's chief of design, Italian aeronautics engineer Mario Castoldi. As per company tradition, Macchi aircraft designed by Mario Castoldi received the "C" letter in their model designation, hence the Folgore is commonly referred to as the C.202 or MC.202.