In article ,
(robert arndt) wrote:

It might help to note that Arsenal aircraft are almost always
forgotten when WW2 aircraft are mentioned. It is little known that the
VG 30 attained 500 mph in a dive between 13,125 and 6,260 ft in July
1939*- before the Corsair hit 400 mph in Oct 1940.

So the big claim here is that the VG 30 went faster in a dive than the
Corsair went in level flight...

(Forgetting, of course, the 50+ MPH advantage the Corsair had when
flying straight and level.)

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