To some degree, concerns about the safety record of propeller aircraft are justified.
How big a difference does a propeller aircraft mean to passengers?
Piston-driven propeller aircraft rose 11.6 percent to 2,750, from 2,465.
Nevertheless, propeller aircraft were able to approach the speed of sound in a dive.
Similar claims for the Spitfire and other propeller aircraft are more suspect.
Over the next few weeks, the top speed soon passes any existing propeller aircraft.
Reverse thrust has been available on propeller aircraft dating back to the 1930s.
Commercial operations are currently limited to air taxi service using propeller aircraft with 10 seats or less.
Ice had been a problem as well for the early generation of propeller aircraft.
Edwards reported it in as a propeller aircraft with a damaged engine.