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Welcome.  This website has been set up to serve as a repository for and analyses of WWII era aircraft weight that I have been collecting over the years.  Currently the data collected focuses primarily on US aircraft, including US built aircraft that served with foreign air forces. Eventually, if I can find any additional similar data on aircraft from other nations I hope to include them as well.

A major focus of the analyses of these weights centers on trying to find "design trends" within the data that may help to either;
  1. Demonstrate whether the data for a given design falls close to the trends exhibited by other similar aircraft
  2. Assist a user in assessing the potential estimated weigths of other aircraft might have been including possible "never-built" or "what-if" designs
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References

Curently the primary references for weight data of WWII era aircraft are;
  1. The book "America's Hundred Thousand" by Francis H. Dean, published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, copyright January 6,1997.  
  2. Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE) Paper No. 3174 entitled "Weight and Design Data for World War II - Era United States Military Aircraft" by Dudley Cate in 2016
  3. National Advisory Committe for Aeronautics (Predecessor to NASA) Technical Publications, including;
  1. The "WWII Aircraft Performance" website, developed by Michael Williams and Niel Stirling', which includes numerous WWII era aircraft documents including;
  2. The Aircraft Engine Historical Society Website (AEHS Home
  3. The American Aviation Historical Society Website, with its large collection of US Navy Standard Aircraft Characteristics (SAC) Reports
  4. Technical publications linked from the "WW2 Aircraft.Net" Forums including;
  5. Wikipedia (Wikipedia) [Although many people criticize using Wikipedia as a source, it is often provides a very good source to source documents, including links that are saved at the Wayback Machine site.  As such it can be a very useful tool for helping to put an individual on the track of useful data.]  
  6. The National Museum of the United States Air Force website [National Museum of the USAF]
  7. 3D Model of F4F-4 Aircraft by Emmanual Baranger via Sketchfab.com [(1) Grumman F4F Wildcat - Download Free 3D model by helijah (@helijah) [fb856c0]]
  8. Airfoil Tools.com Website [NACA 4 digit airfoil generator (NACA 2212 AIRFOIL)]
  9. The book "America's Army and Air Force Airplanes - Post World War I to the Present" by Francis H. Dean, published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, copyright 1997.  
  10. The US Naval History.Mil Website, including;
Notes: This website has been developed with a number of low cost or free programs including Hot Metal Pro, KompoZer, Microsoft Designer and Da Button Factory.com

Rev 3-9-25

Contact Info: PFJN@mnvdet.com