Its high speed makes it more likely to be able to intercept a fast moving aircraft.
The fuze time was needed because the ideal of directly hitting the fast moving aircraft with the projectile was impractical.
Four aircraft, however fast or maneuverable, would not survive that inferno for long.
'In these times of fast aircraft, what is distance?'
"Our pilots have supremely maneuverable, extremely fast aircraft," Hathor snapped.
Possibly their bruises were simply the effect of ejecting on to hard sand from a fast aircraft.
It was found to be a fast aircraft which was capable of carrying twice its specified bomb load.
A fast moving aircraft can perform elaborate maneuvers, giving its pilot many options.
Not the wings of an angel, but those of a really fast aircraft.
Safety features included final arming by detecting the acceleration and deceleration of a fast aircraft at high altitude.