Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-1 Extreme Speed At High Altitudes.

This video covers the Ta 152 H-1 which was the high altitude variant. Sadly there isn't a lot of original source materiel for this airplane, at least not as compared with Allied aircraft or even other German fighters. Thus, I had to interject a lot of my own opinions, more than I would have liked. Still, I do think I covered the key technical aspects reasonably well.

Another issue is the lack of photographs of the plane. There are so few pictures of Ta 152s that I had to use whatever I could find, many are grainy low resolution shots, and often I had to use a picture of the wrong variant.

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Notes, One astute viewer (Admiral) has pointed out that the pressurization was also very important for physiological reasons. That's true. There are two factors here. First it reduces the pressure change on the body in a rapid dive. In other words, your body only goes from 26,000 feet down to 5000 or whatever, which is a much smaller pressure change than 45,000 feet down to 5000. Second, at higher altitudes it's more difficult to breath because of the low pressure. This starts to be a problem at about 40,000 feet and by 49,000 breathing is nearly impossible. So an oxygen mask alone, won't do it. The Ta 152 is made to operate in the region, thus the pressurization is super important.

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