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Originally Posted by Greyhead  The maximum speed is given as 123mph, it doesn’t say if this was obtainable on engine power alone |
Excuse me for popping in like this, but I just found this forum and thread.
According to an SE5a ace, Ira Jones, the plane could reach nearly 200 MPH in a dive. I've read the first half (about WWI) of his book "Tiger Squadron", first printed in 1945, numerous later reprints. The better part of the first half contains Ira's diary.
A short resume about Ira is found here:
James Ira Thomas Jones - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I
Tom
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