And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I saw a flight of 4 of these in US livery come in for a landing at Wiesbaden AFB in the early 60's. Quite the thrill. The German Museum in Munich has one that you can get right up to the cockpit and peer in. Thank God Hitler was such an idiot.
If Germany could have waited until they had several hundred of them, the war would have ended far differently. Same with U-boats and air-independent propulsion.
Checkout the ME 262 Project by Texas Aircraft Factory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_262_Project http://all-aero.com/index.php/55-planes-t-u/11005-texas-aircraft-factory-me-262
Is that a current example? The photo looks to good to be taken 75 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI saw a flight of 4 of these in US livery come in for a landing at Wiesbaden AFB in the early 60's. Quite the thrill. The German Museum in Munich has one that you can get right up to the cockpit and peer in. Thank God Hitler was such an idiot.
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A few of these beauties are still alive and well:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPazuFQZE3o
Intimidating as hell. But if it’s a modern one, I hope they upengined from those unreliable Jumo 004s.
ReplyDeleteoh you bet.cj610/j85 turbojets.much more better...
DeleteAwesome, can you imagine being a tail gunner in a B-17 and seeing that?
ReplyDeleteMy father was a combat glider pilot...on the jump "over the Rhine" his fight was buzzed by a 262... Nobody then knew what the hell it was.
ReplyDeleteLook at that front end. It's perfect for sharks teeth.
ReplyDeleteYou took the words right out. That thing looks like a great white coming right at you.
DeleteGreat minds - was thinking the same thing - Call it Bruce!
DeleteLooked it up, it's called a killer shark. Here's more:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/search?q=me+262+shark&tbm=isch&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit5eT0qKHuAhVc_qwKHTjWAIEQgowBegQIARAa&biw=1903&bih=975
Twenty minutes flight time. U.S.airmen just followed them back the the airfield and shot them down on their approach.
ReplyDeleteRisky, the approaches to the 262 bases were heavily defended with flak batteries.
DeleteIf Germany could have waited until they had several hundred of them, the war would have ended far differently. Same with U-boats and air-independent propulsion.
ReplyDeleteCheckout the ME 262 Project by Texas Aircraft Factory.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_262_Project
http://all-aero.com/index.php/55-planes-t-u/11005-texas-aircraft-factory-me-262
thanks.
DeleteAnd there's more at the archive.
ReplyDeletehttps://web.archive.org/web/20150112150432/http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html