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Inconsistency in units order for speed between chapters[edit]

Some of the chapters give Imperial units and some metric units first when mentioning the speed of the plane, could someone edit them to be in consistent order? And since this is German (European) plane, I propose to standard view of metric units first. --86.115.22.83 (talk) 22:45, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Airborne Flamethrower[edit]

Apparently an airborne flamethrower was mounted experimentally on some Do-17s

https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/35945-luftwaffe-airborne-flamethrower

Would be worth writing up if someone can verify some of the following references

Flypast, approximately November 2003
Sky Spy - autobiography of Ray Holmes who shot down one such plane

StacksofHoy (talk) 17:28, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is only one report of a flamethrower being fitted to one aircraft.Newzild (talk) 08:52, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove tail fin photo[edit]

I propose removing the photo of a tail fin from this article. The photo shows bad camera-shake. Newzild (talk) 08:53, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MG FF?[edit]

"After heavy losses of Do 17s during the Battle of Britain it was decided to replace the MG FF cannon with the more powerful MG 151/15."

What MG FF? The article said nothing about it having anything except MG 15s before this. Now we are replacing a cannon with another? Idumea47b (talk) 00:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wing trailing edge[edit]

Also what is the point of the emphasis about the trailing edge "ending a third of the way down the fuselage to increase wing incidence" and how this was "used on all subsequent Dornier bombers"? From the way it's phrased it took me a minute to figure out what is talking about, because I expected some unusual design aspect used only by Dornier aircraft. It's talking about camber and angle of incidence. That's how aircraft wings are built. You can look at any high wing aircraft of a similar sort and they are all built that way. Either the wing is raised over the fuselage and the trailing edge is level with the top (like in cabin monoplanes) or the upper surface is flush with the top of the fuselage, and the trailing edge is some distance down (Do 17, B-24. Low wing aircraft have flush trailing edge and the top of the wing rises to some point higher on the side of the fuselage ahead of it. That's what angle of incidence is, that's why almost all aircraft have it. It's necessary. Idumea47b (talk) 00:40, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]