No rapid proliferation of jet engines

If let's say this does happen then most of the world would be operating modernized versions of ww2 designs well into 60s
Which of these aircraft designs would likely be most popular?
Bearcat
F51
Hawker furies
LA-7
Pe-2
A-20 ?
Don't forget late model Spitfires as well as De Havilland Mosquitos and Hornets.
 
If let's say this does happen then most of the world would be operating modernized versions of ww2 designs well into 60s
Which of these aircraft designs would likely be most popular?
Bearcat
F51
Hawker furies
LA-7
Pe-2
A-20 ?

Bearcat & Tigercat certainly, especially for the countries getting the US aid.
P-47 - if your country is bigger than Belgium/Denmark/Switzerland, Thunderbolt is a much more capable fighter than either of the 'cats. P-72 certainly, that might even got the turbo-compound version of the V-1710.
F4U was a popular choice and a very capable fighter, same with P-51, we'd see the Super Corsair and Twin Mustangs, too.
Hawker's piston-engined fighters were also popular in 1940s/50s, so we'd see the Sabre 7 on board of them, as well as newer Centaurus, perhaps even the Eagle 46. Will get ADI for engines.
La-9 and -11 will replace the La-7 already by late 1940s as per OTL, probably with ASh-83 engine ITTL.
Pe-2 - not very much, the Tu-2 was a much more capable bomber, prototypes powered by Mikulin's engines were making about 650 km/h.
A-20 - again no, the A-26 has replaced it in production lines before ww2 ended. We'd see the better R-2800s onboard the A-26.

Spiteful - a very fast fighter, interestingly enough in OTL was very unsucceful in foreign markets.
Mosquito - a very capable bomber, it will get Merlin s 130 series for even better performance.
Hornet - again a capable aircraft, 'danger' might be that P-51 can give you about the same level of service on just one engine, so the best bet is a night fighter.
P-61 - powerplant upgrade as per OTL.

France might try to squeze out as much of mileage from Fw-190/Ta-152 series.

Probably a greater proliferation of turboes as retrofit where possible, since hollow blades for turbines are available post-1944.
 

Khanzeer

Banned
Maybe these aircraft would be better suited to lower intensity wars and COIN than jets.These are the conflicts that would involve airpower for vast majority of countries
 
If it happens then by the 1960’s we are a bewildering amount of fighter and other aircraft having been developed world over.
Indian. Pakistani. South African, Israeli.
We don’t see much of any level of standardization and consolidation.
We also see the second tier countries start to share knowledge.
 

Khanzeer

Banned
If it happens then by the 1960’s we are a bewildering amount of fighter and other aircraft having been developed world over.
Indian. Pakistani. South African, Israeli.
We don’t see much of any level of standardization and consolidation.
We also see the second tier countries start to share knowledge.
Dont forget yugoslav, romanian , Egyptian, south American countries as well
Local 3rd world cooperative projects are possible
Aerospace designers of west will have the same status as nuclear scientists
 
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