I downloaded the online Duenna data, extracted the erroneous flights (crashes, cleanups, etc), and then put the flight data into a pivot table.
First, here's the average speed obtained by each aircraft type.
Aircraft Average of Grnd Spd (knts) Jet 477B747 497A318 466B727 464B777 457B737 401Thoroughbred 404P-47 Thunderbolt 415DH Hornet (Alpha) 407P-51H Mustang 403Regular 360P180 Avanti 390Epic LT 384Sea Fury FB11 370P-51B Mustang 363F8F2 Bearcat 359F7F-3 Tigercat 356DH Hornet (SOH) 354P-51C Mustang 354Do 328 351P-51D Mustang 336Beech KA350 332Howard 500 279Team 154P-38 Lightning 283Beech B58 185Mooney Bravo 172Vin Fiz 55Grand Total 352
No surprise to see the 747 heading the jet category. The P-47 only got flown once, so the stats don't show reality, which is that it isn't faster than the Hot Hornet and H Mustang. In the Regular category the turboprops top the list (P-180 Avanti and Epic LT), ahead of the warbirds. Avsim in particular made good use of the Avanti, flown high in strong tailwinds.
The Sea Fury is now the fastest warbird that isn't in the Thoroughbred list, but of course the White List may change next year. In a cluster just behind it are the other Mustangs, the Bearcat, the Tigercat, and the more realsitic SOH Hornet.
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