Blohm & Voss P 212

what is it?

The Blohm & Voss P 212 was a proposed jet fighter designed by Blohm & Voss for the Emergency Fighter Program Luftwaffe design competition during the Second World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 965 km/htop speed
• size 4,164 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 7.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

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role

fighter

makers

Blohm+Voss

engines

1× Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011

crew

1

length

7.2 m

wingspan

9.5 m

max take-off weight

4,164 kg

top speed

965 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.