Talk:Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Maximum speed: 350 mph in text vs 357 mph in specifications

The article gives two different figures for the maximum speed of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and the body text and the specifications table disagree by 7 mph.

In the armament and performance section, the article states: "In wartime, the B-29 was capable of flight at altitudes up to 31,850 ft, at speeds of up to 350 mph (true airspeed)."

The specifications table at the end of the article lists: "max speed mph = 357."

Both figures are presented as the aircraft's maximum speed. A gap of 7 mph between the body text (350 mph) and the specifications table (357 mph) is too large to be a rounding artefact — 357 does not round to 350 under any standard convention. The article provides no explanation for why these two statements about the same aircraft's top speed disagree. Rome (talk) 23:31, 6 May 2026 (UTC)