Talk:Fastest propeller-driven aircraft

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Contents 1 Just a start 2 Picture of XF-88B 3 Feathered propeller 4 First sentance

[edit] Just a start

Please add to this article. FWIW Bzuk 02:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC).

Thanks for starting this. I will make contributions as time allows.Silverchemist 04:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

In keeping with Wikipedia:Naming conventions, should the title be "Fastest propeller-driven aircraft"?Silverchemist 05:03, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture of XF-88B

The picture of the XF-88B used in the aticle may be in violation of copyright. It is from a Boeing website, [1]. The is another picture available at [2] which should be free for use.Silverchemist 05:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Feathered propeller

Before this pic disappears, it is interesting to note that the prop appears to be stationary and feathered, thus adding weight to the statement that the aircraft was primarily a jet.--John of Paris 09:31, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First sentance

I agree that my attempt at improvement of the first sentence wasn't much of one (if any,) but I still think it could be improved upon. How's:

"The fastest propeller-driven aircraft are a notable set of airplanes due to the difficulties associated with attaining high speeds in aircraft driven primarily by propeller." ?

Maybe the first sentence shouldn't have stuff about limitations, but I somewhat feel it appropriate as a layman might not understand why a distinction should be made for prop planes. Marimvibe (talk) 02:50, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I re-wrote the first sentence incorporating your ideas. How does it read now?Silverchemist (talk) 05:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. Marimvibe (talk) 05:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Per WP:LEAD, "The lead serves a dual role both as an introduction to the article below and as a short, independent summary of the important aspects of the article's topic." The current lead neither introduces or summarises the page, but jumps right in to exposition of the problems of proppeler-driven aircraft and high speeds, which properly should be in the article, but not the Lead in such detail. Also, the Lead needs to contain, in bold, the title of the article in the first part of the first line. We also need to make clear that we're dealing with records, not just someone's claim of an aircraft flying fast on an unverifiable occasion. Frankly, writing lead paragraphs is not my strong suit, so it might be good to ask for help at WT:AIR, as we have some very good copy writers in the Project. - BillCJ (talk) 07:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)