First thanks for the big support here is a mega rare plane for sure.
thanks to Vietnam war Flight museum
(ME-262 Replica N262AZ)
here in this video you will see engine startup, takeoff and landing.
The Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter.
ME-262
Willy Messerschmitt introduced the world to a whole new concept of cutting edge technology through the development of the first operational jet fighter
(MESSERSCHMITT ME-262)
Willy Messerschmitt introduced the world to a whole new concept of cutting edge technology through the development of the first operational jet fighter, the ME-262.
“The influence of this revolutionary jet can still be seen in contemporary aircraft.”
The Messerschmitt ME-262 was the most important secret weapon of the Luftwaffe in their efforts of air combat superiority. Although often vewed as a last ditch super weapon, the Me 262 was already being developed as project P.1065 before the start of WWII. Plans were first drawn up in April 1939 and the original design was very similar to the plane that would eventually enter service. The first test flights began in April 1941, but since the BMW 003 turbjets were not ready for fitting, a conventional Junkers Jumo 210 engine was mounted in the nose, driving a propeller, to test the Me 262 VI airframe. When the BMW 003 were finally installed the Jumo was retained for safety which proved wise as both 003s failed during the first flight and the pilot had to land using the nose mounted engine alone. Full production of the Me 262 did not start until 1944 when the majority of engine and airframe problems were resolved.
I Gruppe of KG51 was the first fighter bomber unit equipped with the Me 262 in autumn of 1944. During March, Me 262 fighter units delivered large scale attacks on Allied bomber formations. On March 18th, 1945, 37 Me 262s of JG7 intercepted a force of 1,221 bombers and 632 escorting fighters. They managed to shoot down 12 bombers and one fighter for the loss of three Me -262s. Despite its setbacks, the Me 262 was certainly the beginning of the end for the conventional propeller driven combat aircraft.
this example is owned by Collins foundation .
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My dad was a Naval Aviator and test pilot at Patuxent River Naval Air Station during WWII. Part of his unit’s work was to fly captured Axis aircraft, evaluate their performance, note strengths and weaknesses as combat aircraft, and then send their info back to the combat pilots in Europe and the Pacific. In the four years that he was in the Navy he flew almost 100 different aircraft and logged almost 5000 hours. Once in a while he told us about flying a captured ME 262. He described it as an amazing aircraft, unlike any that the US pilots had ever seen. They couldn’t believe its power and ability to climb at speed and maneuverability. It’s biggest flaw was limited fuel capacity and its consumption, so that it had limited flight time before you had to drift back down because it was out of fuel. But what a ride! Now it’s just another memory from an old man who died 20 years ago. But he loved flying for over 60 years and never tired of telling about his life experiences. I thought at least a few people might enjoy his story.
+ Kin Davis An original two-seat Me-262 was captured was used to train Allied pilots to fly it. It is still property of the US Navy and has been fully restored and placed on display at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. It is very likely that your dad flew it. kzhead.info/sun/aZhxmdGheGKNdoU/bejne.html If your dad also flew the Arado 234, unfortunately the Navy decided to scrap two examples that were at Patuxent River Naval Air Station by pushing them off the end of the runway and into the water for landfill. The wreckage of those aircraft were still visible until the 1980s.
I think the fuel tanks was in the wings.
@@ericd2791 There are two fuel tanks in the fuselage, one in front of the cockpit and one behind.
Thank you lovely to hear this.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!!
First jet fighter in the world! German engineering at it’s best 👍👍
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And also one of my favorite 👍
where is this?
If they had a few hundred of these a few years earlier we would probably be speaking German by now 😆
Первый серийный !
Amazing. The Germans were so far ahead of their time. All our jets and rockets are still based on their tech.
Considering they didn’t have the software simulation tools that aircraft designers have now they did a bloody good job, it just looks right.
Thanks for watching
Developed some of the most advanced wind tunnels
Trial and error in the wind tunnel, they literally ended up drawing the plane around the air.
Slide rulers 😊
@@rugman66 Just an FYI: plural would be "slide rules" (not "rulers" - individually, it's not called a "slide ruler", just "slide rule")
Back in the early 1990s, I worked with a retired ambassador at the State Department who served in the Army in 1945. He told me about crossing the Rhine on a pontoon bridge when an ME-262 showed up to strafe the crossing troops. Basically, he told me that the fighter flew so fast that it could not hit the side of a barn. Nobody shot it, and all the thousands of troops stared at it in wonder. The plane quickly gave up on its ground straffing mission and flew off. He said we all knew then and there that the future had arrived, and we were just in awe of it. This video brought this story back to me clearly. Many thanks.
Awesome
Reading stories like this is reminds me of why I love the internet, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the story.😎👍🏼
Când l-au văzut americanii au crezut că sunt extratereștrii!!
And the tooth fairy came, right ?
It was somewhere between 1950 and 1952; I was six to eight years old living in Great Neck, Long Island: one of these flew over my street. I only got a glimpse of it, but I heard that sound and saw those two big engines; I can still see them today rushing through a clearing in the trees. It was probably flying out of Grumman in Bethgpage,-they made Hellcats, Tigercats and Albatrosses there. This one had to have been a captured ME 262; it was the first jet plane I had ever seen. It was a stunning moment, like a waking dream.
u are old af
The grandfather of all jets in the world.
The first jet plane put into service ever.
Really? Tell this to grandma, before sweet sleeping. 🧐
@alexandervideo3804 Little understanding, with few words not being able to comprehen. Small childish person with no aviation knowledge.
Imagine being a kid over seas fighting in WW2 without ever seeing a jet and having these flying over your head I mean the sights and sounds must have been breathtaking and at the time time terrifying!
I was that kid
@@davidscott2821 mesa jarjar binks
my dad saw them at the Remagan bridge in March '45, none of them had ever seen a jet.
@@davidscott2821 was it breathtaking and terrifying ?
@@jacobkudrowich well taking a shit was more terrifying for him.
The most beautiful aircraft ever made. Years ahead of its time in so many ways.
Thanks for watching
You must be drunk, its an ugly pig compared to a Spit.
@@markholroyde9412 Havent you heard ? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it all personal preference . Some guys like big tits and some like little tits..same with planes.
The Arado 234 was the better looking and performing Nazi jet.
you must be drunk. It's fug ugly compared to the EE Lightning.
My Granddad was one of the few pilots who flew the M-262 at the end of the war. He always said that this was the most exiting and crazy thing he had ever done. Sadly he died a few years ago. RIP
hahahahahahahahahaha ur was born in 1947 lOOOOOOOOl
@@user-tk3by8kp3x look it up Hermann Hienz was his Name
My dad and I saw this exact plane back in May at the Ellington Field Flight Museum. It has the exact same markings and paint patterns, even the beige dirt or paint around the gun ports. I have to say, it was a pretty surprisingly large plane in person. What an amazing marvel of engineering!
Anyone else absolutely enamored by the old timer. Love to see it !
after over 70 years this plane still looking impressive and modern. It's amazing they produced this back then.
Actually about 20 years old. Five ME262s were (from original plans, hence having consecutive manufacturing numbers) built in Everett WA in the late 90s. The group was called the 'Stormbirds'
Regardless of ethics, the US military owes a lot to Nazi German scientists for our aircraft development. Within just two years of WW2 ending, we had the Boeing B-47 jet bomber, which imo kinda resembles a very sleek version and precursor to the 747, a jumbo jet and modern marvel that wouldn’t fly for another 22 years ( 747 test flights began in 1969). It’s amazing how fast technology exponentially increases.
@@kennybeans6115 Sorta, I mean, the Brits were big into jet engines too. Read up about the Gloster Meteor, it flew the first time in '43 and it still participated in WW2.
@@TangiersIntrigue Interesting, bro. I’ll check it out. Thanks.
@@Boffin55 Not exactly, airframes were built in Fort Worth by Herb Tischler, who reverse engineered and rebuilt the Navy's 262. Finished in Everett.
My grandfather was a Luftwaffe ground crew engine technician and served from 41-45 mainly on the eastern front for the ME 109 and 110 . He often told me when the 262 was introduced everyone of his crew wanted to be upgraded to serve as a technician for the jet engines, everyone in his crew was mesmerized by the technology and thought it was kind of science fiction . His application was never granted. Really fantastic video to see the 262 taking off.
My grandfather was responsible for taking down the most Luftwaffe planes down. His command said he was the worst Luftawaffe mechanic they've ever had
Even today their superior attitude comes through in the older one's. Can't wait for them to pass the F... on.
@@absoliutenuds Old joke.....
@@absoliutenuds Another joke from Winston Churchill was : "My best soldier is Adolf Hitler because of his stupid decisions. " :-)
@@je8757 The Germans still are the best... The world continues to emulate them
Amazing the amount of progress made in aviation in such a short amount of time.
It looks so modern compared to other WWII fighter and the amount of different Armament guns that were put on it we're really astonishing and crazy
In 1973 I went to work for a company in Little Rock, AR called Little Rock Airmotive (today known as Dassault Falcon Jet) as a draftsman. My mentor was a German named Heinze Wenzel. We were building the very first Federal Express Falcon 20 cargo aircraft for Fred Smith. Heinze was the primary Electrical Engineer on the project. In WW II Heinze was a German Luftwaffe pilot who flew the ME109 and later the ME262. He had such a love for aircraft and flying that he left Germany for the United States after the war as he was banned from flying in Germany. He could not speak English. He ended up in Slidell. LA working at a small aircraft company. He had to learn English and acclimate to a whole new way of life along with his wife. The company he was working for (Transair Corp.) was sold and moved to Little Rock where the name was changed to Little Rock Airmotive. Heinze was a great mentor as well as my friend. He told me a lot of stories about the time he spent in the Luftwaffe. Who would know the guy who designed all the custom avionics on the first Federal Express aircraft was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot who flew the ME262!
That's a great story Carl. You must have just sat in awe at his storys. You just never know who our lives will cross paths with. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Wow, thats amazing, we may have not believed in their cause but they had amazing engineers, technicians, craftsman and scientists.
@@chriscangelosi9438 They didn't believe in (our) cause, either. Of course, we're always the "good guys" in every war.
@@TucsonDude , In this case the combined allied forces were the good guys.. duhaaaaaa ! 🤪🤪🤪
@@danzbmw Fighting for world zionism...even General Patton said so. Hip Hip Hurray!
My Grandpa served as a Luftwaffe Airfield Guard at the end of WWII, he told me a story about the 262 (they named it "two six two") and when they saw the engines running for the first time they were afraid because flames came out of the engine and they thought something might be wrong with it.
This thing is so cool. I love the way it sits. It has such a tough stance. So basic yet underneath was truly state of the art. Love seeing this and learning. Thanks for sharing this. New subscriber.
Glad you like it
Beautiful. And in its historical context, it's mesmerizing.
My uncle was a reconnaissance pilot on P-38 Lightning taking off from Corsica airbase. His plane was faster than most, because he was not carrying any machine gun, only cameras. He once told me that he once crossed his path with a Me 262, and the plane was so fast he had never seen this before. Luckily, the plane was not after him.
What a thrill it must have been experiencing what he did! On the one hand the fear but the awww he must have felt! Good stuff!
Squadron of Saint Exupery ?
@@blucheer8743 the camera crews had the highest casualties of any crews unarmed and usually alone in a lighting fast plane but they still got shot down a lot because they were behind enemie lines
Even if it was me 262 have 0.25 if a second when doing attacks on bombers to fire before passing a p38 could easily out maneuver the me262
sort of like the guy driving a stagecoach in the old west getting passed by a Union Pacific locomotive - just progress - been goin' on for a long time. I imagine some Nazi ME 262 pilot would be quite shocked if he ran into an F 22
This video was taped at Ellington Field in Houston. The plane was on display at the Lone Star Flight Museum last time I checked. It's owned by a kindly German gentleman we met there. Unfortunately he was confined to a wheelchair and unable to fly in his own plane. They were giving flights to his family members that day. It was a real joy to meet him and watch this fabulous plane fly.
+ Davis Montana Retired judge Werner? He donated his two-seat Me-262 to the Collings Foundation.
I didn't think you could own war memorabilia in Germany?
@@adamguzzo94 The plane is a recent build as a replica 5 were built and it was in the usa !!!! NOT Germany !!! DUUUUHHH!!!!!!
@@FiveCentsPlease Uberst Werner is the name on the plane fuselage. Love to know the story behind how he got a hold of it.
@@thedwightguy A special project constructed five new Me-262s for customers. The first customer buying the first example was retired Arizona judge Louis Werner who bought this two-seat example. He has since donated it to the Collings Foundation.
WOW!! Always fascinated me! Thanks So Much for posting. I had no idea there were any ME-262 that worth air worthy!
I am not sure if there are any originals air worthy, I believe this is one of the several new ME 262's that were built from scratch.
thankyou for the info@@Ranger-ix8kp
Y bueno, entonces vos naciste en JUPITER, no estuviste en los ultimos 80 años...Sls.😁
Amazing. Love it,Thanks to the people who make this happen 💪
Decades ago I worked for a man who flew Hurricanes and Spitfires in WWII. Once they saw an ME-262 over France and went after it but it sped away, and they were in awe of its speed.
Awesome thanks for watching
Yeah, Nazis were really good at retreating (when their opponents were not helpless, innocent civilians)
@@user-hr1km9ww7o Well, someone whose ancestors reduced half of Germany to rubble, especially civilian residential areas in the big cities, should be very calm. I love the snooty afterbirths of British and US airmen who still puke hatred of Germany out of their mouths even though we've been allies for 73 years.
@@callsigndd9ls897 They weren't my "ancestors" who slaughtered the Nazi swine - it was my older brother and my uncles in the U.S. Army. I grew up hearing their stories about SS dogs over the table at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The "Civilians" you mention so sentimentally are the scum that made Hitler happen. They worshipped the little pig. There are countless films, with clear footage of these "civilians" in their thousands evincing their adoration of this two-bit housepainter. These "civilians" meticulously produced the MP40, the MG42, the 88, the ME262 and built the barracks for the millions they would gas and burn. They produced the "ZYKLON B" - the gas used to murder 6 million Jews and Gypsies, gays and intellectuals. They built the planes - the Stuka dive bombers to terrorize and massacre millions more. The German "Civilians" who made WW II possible. Talk to a Nazi offspring today - I used to hunt them for Simon Wiesenthal - ask them if they have any regrets. They don't. They and their ilk are unrepentant and look back fondly on "The good ol' days." I used to live in Munich. That isn't to say there are no good Germans today. Of course there are. I know both of them.
Not to mention not all of them where in the nazi party (at least not willingly)@@callsigndd9ls897
Even today that thing looks deadly! Magnificent!
Yee
It's probably MORE deadly than the original. Original Junkers Jumo jet engines being unavailable that replica's got modern GE jet engines, more advanced and much more reliable than the Junkers engines were. Still, I see what you mean. It's hard to believe that's an 80 year old design we're looking at.
Looks very intimidating even now
@@Officialnrb Hey, even though an M1A1 Abrams tank could dispatch it with ease a German WW2 King Tiger tank is still a terrifying-looking machine!
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Too right very scary looking machine. Tiger 1 was a brute too eh?
Astonishingly beautiful; made all other first gen jets look like pianos! Even the array of gun ports on the nose is gorgeous.
As the first operational jet fighter the Messerschmitt Me 262 is the great-grandfather of all the military jets and is still one of the most beautiful.
Agreed
You forgott that the Gloster Meteor mk3 enter in service in same time...this aircraft was use very long time, up to the 80' (Gloster Meteor F8)
@@leneanderthalien Entered in service almost the same time but: Me 262 Schwalbe first flight 1941 Gloster Meteor first flight 1943.
@@Santos.Sarmento Yeah, yeah, and the Gloster E28 flew in May 1941 and the ME262 didn't fly with jet engines installed until June 1942. It flew with prop engines in 1941. And the Caproni N1 flew in 1940, before both of them.
@@iatsd thats why my first post mentioned “first OPERATIONAL jet fighter”!
I wish my grandpop were still alive to show him this. He wasn't in the war himself, but was a big wwii buff as I've now become. He always told me how his good buddy Jack was encamped in France when one of these flew over at full tilt and they were all losing their minds because they never heard that sound before. Some guys thought it was a rocket until they saw it was a plane of some sort. He said they never saw anything that fast and couldn't believe it was a manned aircraft. How surreal that had to be for those guys. Wish I could hear my pop tell that story once again and show him this video of one still flying today.
there was an American ww2 ace that said the first time he saw a jet was when he shot it down
I want one. Let's build it, you buy the stuff n I got a shed , be flying in no time!
@Gérard Menvusa Looks like your dad already is gone, so no need to eliminate that liar, anymore.
@Gérard Menvusa Your father was a traitor. Spin it how you want
Wow I was just thinking along the same lines, I am also a huge ww2 buff. Thanks for sharing your story, my grand pa was a tank commander during the Korean War. 🇺🇸
I was lucky enough to see and hear an original Spitfire startup back in the 1990's. Watching this video ranks up there with sheer awe on my behalf. There are so many beautiful aurcraft from that period, but the sleek lines of the Spitfire, Mosquito, Tempest, Mustang, Lightning, Arado 234, and the ME 262 rank amongst the best of all.
Those early jets had a character of their own ! Noisey deadly too when in the right hands could do some damage !!! Great video thank you!!!!
Truly rare footage of the iconic and sharky ME262 in action.. Hugely appreciated! 👍
Thanks for watching
These aircraft have an interesting history that fewer people know about. According to Luftwaffe ace Franz Stigler, as he writes in his book, these aircraft were (obviously) massively technologically advanced and ahead of their time. However, they were being produced late in the war, at a time when Germany did not have access to many of the precious metals in quantities or qualities that they did at the beginning of the war. The result of this fact was that despite having the potential to be so far ahead of allied aircraft, these jets were less useful than you initially might believe: Turbines and other critical engine components were made out of inferior materials, which meant that making rapid, unanticipated throttle changes in flight could easily and unexpectedly cause an engine to flame out or, worse, self destruct. Additionally, the jets themselves were made of bodies that were not akin to rapid changes of G-force, and pulling back too hard on the control sticks or making too many rapid movements put undue stress on the fuselage, resulting in parts of the aircraft weakening, initially causing no problems but instead killed the next person to fly the aircraft (as the airframe would cool after landing and hairline fractures would form, which made the entire jet brittle and liable to separate altogether once those parts met G-forces again). By the time Germany had manufactured enough of this aircraft to be useful, jet fuel (and all fuel for that matter) was at an absolute premium. As a result, these aircraft were often kept turned off on the ramp, and pushed to the runway with a Kettenkrad (a half-track motorcycle) where they would be started on the runway and taken off. This created longer delays where the aircraft was exposed on the runway to assault from allied aircraft already flying overhead, causing pilots to be killed before their jet even took off and creating runway obstructions. Additionally, just after the Me-262 started rolling off the production lines, the Allies conducted the Bombing of Hamburg that created the Hamburg Firestorm. Hitler was furious at the Allies for this, and directed that the Me-262 (which was designed and created as a fighter) be used to bomb England. With the addition of bombs and the flight over British air space during a time when Germany no longer held air superiority, this resulted in massive losses of both pilots and the newly minted jets. Additionally, the jets had small fuel tanks mounted directly underneath the pilot, meaning a stray bullet could cause the entire jet to explode. When that didn't happen, they often ran out of fuel very quickly, causing many to be lost into British hands and thus essentially giving the Allies the jet technology. Lastly, for the few of these aircraft that were used by Franz Stigler and his group were authorized to use as fighters, they found them to be massively overpowered in the sense that they were SO much faster than the Allied aircraft they flew against that they actually had trouble fighting the aircraft because by the time they were in range, they would have to start pulling back on the sticks because (as I described earlier) pulling back too late caused either a collision or created fractures in the airframe. Massively interesting aircraft, so far ahead of their time. But one must remember they were essentially the first jets, and they had a many issues that prevented them from turning the tide of the war in Germany's favor.
Thanks for watching
Being the first of anything is inherently dangerous. You have nothing to go on with your model. Noone has experience or time with it. Nothing like it already exists. Nothing applies to it. It is well and truely _new._ and unfortunately, new things rarely grow up painlessly.
If it weren't for these little flaws, we might be speaking German right now. It's crazy how such small things can turn the tide of an entire war. Of course, this wasn't the only example, and thank God Hitler never listened to his military commanders, but the fact remains.
@@thefriedmind well, there’s an irony to that statement. Assuming that if all of the requirements and war resources were met for the Me-262, Nazi Germany would’ve had to fix a lot of problems and win a lot of engagements both within and without. Essentially, they’d have to have been winning in the first place to keep winning in the end game.
Adolf Galland tried to change Hitlers insistence on every aircraft being able to carry a bomb load. By that late period in the war what was needed was fighters not bombers. When Hitler’s luck ran out he caused more defeats than the allies. Shame (not really) he believed in his supposed strategic brilliance.
Beautifully done, excelllent...Bravo!!
the most beautiful machine ever built.
This is as close as we get to the first jet propulsion flight. Regardless of the geopolitical issues, this is a close look at early jets. Thank you for capturing this moment.
The british had meteor jet fighters before the me262 was produced but they werent as good. Not even used in proper combat. The heinkel 280 was also made around the same time but its debated as to who actually flew first. If youre interested theres so much to jet history.
@@bigboi7817 Thank you, kind sir. I'm a bit of an eclectic as far as history and technology goes.
@@bigboi7817 heinkel made the first jet fighter flight in 1939. It wasn’t adopted, thankfully.
@@Medic427 there we go i didnt know that
First operational jet fighter. If Hitler hadn't meddled in its development it would have been a more dangerous opponent. It took a lunatic to start WWII, but it would have taken a sane leader to win it.
I didn't realize there were any ME-262's, either production or replicas, in existence capable of taxiing on their own power, let alone fly.. Seeing one in a museum was an incredible thing, I can't imagine how awesome it would be to view one take off, fly around and then land. Amazing video and a salute to all that have contributed money, time, expertise and everything else that it took to make it possible and that it takes to continue it's mission. Thanks!
+ Brain Taylor A special project constructed five new Me-262s and four of those are flyable with GE engines. Billionaire Paul Allen sponsored a military museum and his WW2 original Me-262 has been restored to make short flights with the original engines. They were starting the ground and taxi testing when Allen passed away and all work at his museum is currently stopped. Allen's Me-262 can taxi at least. kzhead.info/sun/ebSaqtl-iIx7Zqc/bejne.html
@@FiveCentsPlease Paul Allen? Vice President at Pierce&Pierce?
@@swisswildpicsswp3095 No, Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft. His wealth is distributed between corporate investments, real estate, sports and entertainment, and various museums and charities. He arranged from his estate for the museums to stay open, but his heir has closed the museums. The aviation museum has been bought by a new wealthy individual.
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@@swisswildpicsswp3095 I heard he’s in london.
Even the two seat varient looks great! Amazing job from crew to pilots.
Such a glorious machine
Can you imagine how insane it must have been to hear one of these things as an Allied pilot for the first time?
As insane as it must have been hearing the sound of jet engines ( something completely unheard of back then ) and see them whizz past you at blinding speed...The first encounters must have been scary...Even if I had been briefed before...
Chuck Yeager when asked about first seeing a ME-262: “I shot it down.”
Los aliados occidentales ya tenían cazas a reacción por esas fechas
@@tomasturbado6862 todavía en ese tiempo no
@@theuberman7170 que sí
My father was not a luftwafe pilot, no usa pilot, not even english pilot. I hope you enjoyed this story.
This brought back many memories, thank you for sharing.
hahaha# @@stejer211
😂😂
Зато вы единственный, кто не выдумал свою историю, в этих коментариях ))
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Большое уважение людям, которые поддерживают эту технику в рабочем состоянии!
i love messerschmitt 262s. They just look so smooth, sound really good and are just badass.
I knew a man who shot down one of the ME-262s at the end of WWll as it was taking off - it was just as vulnerable at take off as any other aircraft! The man's name was John Cooper Fitch, an American P-51 pilot who became a world class road racing driver after the war. He actually became the only American driver to be asked by Mercedes Benz to drive one of their Works cars. In 1955 he finished 1st in the Standard Sports Class of the 1,000 mile Italian road race known as The Mille Miglia, in a Mercedes 300 SL. He was shot down himself while strafing a German train and spent the last couple months of the war in a German POW camp! He was a fascinating man to talk with and always showed good poise and respect. RIP John
WWII - than 1955 train German POW camp !????
@@tihomirtomov25 - Sorry, I confused the time frames - He was shot down in 1944 or '45 and spent time in a German POW Camp. In 1955, He raced in and won his class in the Mille Miglia long distance (1,000 miles) road race in Italy.
Meeting older veterans with intresting storys in person is great,VFW,American legion and others for 40 years as a young guy and listen to stories.Then working in the US Coast Guard at the rebuild facility with lots of Vietnam vets and tunnel rat etc.
@@Loulovesspeed Correct ....OK !
@@tico4940 40 years ago a Tile layer Co-pilot B-17 shot down 17 missions was in Stalag 1 .ONE guy died there while there 99% were nice to him..
Thanks to all concerned for getting this profect literally off the ground. Great video showing her off in all angles, never realised how big they were and how, even by today's standards, how modern she looks. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for watching
I guess they had to be big to hold all the fuel they drank!!!!!
@@87mini That's if they used it all before the engines gave out!!!!!👍🏻
Well this is a reproduction aircraft. Made about 20 years ago. Aside from the look. Everything inside is modern
@@radioraffa These are tongue in cheek observations on the original
BEAUTIFUL
Simply amazing! Thanks a lot!!!!
Imagine never hearing a jet engine in your life and then seeing the axis fly one of these over your head in 1945. That shit must have been terrifying! A wonder weapon of its day.
yep but...you forgott that the brits did fly jet aircrafts in 1944: the Gloster Meteor mk3 who was use to shot down flying bombs (V1)
The USA had the P-59 flying in early 1942 and a full squadron equipped with the P-80 by mid-1945. Jets were indeed regarded as a wonder, but they were not unique to the Axis. Germany rushed their jet aircraft into service out of necessity, but the USA and Britain were not far behind.
@@jacksons1010 The Meteor was _in service_ before the lashed up 262, also a superior plane. The Meteor was a blank sheet designed jet. With proper engines.
wunderwaffe
@@herrbonk2211 The 262 was a wonder weapon? Leave it out.
This jet is too beautiful to exist *__* Yes, Su-57 and F-22, but they're gen 5, c'mon, and this is literally the first operational combat jet
One of the Most Beautiful things the world!
The taking off, gear up/down and landing were perfect, well done
Even though I came across this vid by chance, the thrill I felt when it took off was unexpected. What a brilliant Aircraft and well done to the lads who have kept it going. Loved this vid.
Thanks for watching
in google i saw the cockpit its only fit one person you been lied
@@spende7148 That's the fighter version, this is the trainer/night fighter with radar version. So no lies.
I live near Ellington and never miss a chance to look up when hearing a plane passing overhead. Bout 10 or 12 years ago (maybe longer) I looked up and saw what a first glance looked like an A-6 Intruder but different. It dawned on me it was an ME-262. Needless to say I was awestruck. My oldest son snooped around on utube and found a new and obscure vid of the plane. 🙂
Awesome love that place
i was at the airshow there in 2014. a friend lived just off base. got to watch from her back yard. the 262 and a mustang flew over low. the difference in sounds was amazing.
About 20-ish years ago I was in Seattle on business and visited the ME262 Project's hangar. Nice to see one flying.
The fact that the airframe is still flight worthy is incredible
+@vinh777 It is a new-build aircraft.
Che Meraviglia! IL primo caccia a Reazione della Storia! ME 262. E' Stupefacente e Bellissimo!👏✈️👏
How can the very first operational jet fighter STILL look the coolest?! 😍
Not the first, the worlds first operation jet aircraft squadron was RAF 616 squadron flying Gloster Meteors.
@@georgebarnes8163 er no it wasn't. Do your research. April me262, July Gloster Meteor.
@@dodibenabba1378 the first jet was the f-16
@@commando21 ? Are you serious
@@dodibenabba1378 yes, completely.
So much was learned from this extremely advanced design - from the engine mount location, to the swept wings, and of course the speed of the plane itself. Absolutely revolutionary.
Wing-mounted aircraft engines weren't new, and jet aircraft would drop them pretty quickly after the war. If anything, that's an anachronistic design element. Plus, the Jumo wasn't a very efficient jet engine, and the British already had their own during the war
@@j.kearney484 Jet aircraft would drop them wtf? Every Single commercial airliner uses them these days, it was one of the most influencial design characteristics of the 262. The same is true for the axial flow Jumos compared to the centrifugal deisgns of the British, which were an evolutionary dead end. Heavens mate, read up on the subject matter before you emberass yourself on the internet. Nationalistic circlejerks really are a bad source of debate.
@@phil3114 I'm obviously talking about jet fighters, not commercial airliners. MiG 21, Lightning, F-14, F-16, F-22, Dassault Mirage etc, all the most successful jet fighter aircraft have had centrally mounted engines, not wing mounted. If the 262 had been designed as an airliner then it sure would have been influential, but airliners already were using wing mounted engines before the war, albiet not jet engines. And what was that about 'nationalistic circlejerks'? I'm not british, and this comment section is singing the praises of the 262 of all aircraft.
@@j.kearney484 There is nothing obvious about it unless you are a fighter aircraft nerd and dismiss everything else. The reasons the 262 got those wing mounted engines instead of centrally installed ones was a deliberate choice given the short engine life of the Jumos, and those reasons are the exact same reasons modern airliners have. Ease of maintance and easy change of engines. Just because this does not translate to modern jet fighters does it not make the concept as a whole any less influential. The 262 is praised for its aeronautic achievements, and with good reason. You won't ever hear any meaningful expert on the subject matter dunk on the 262. Your arguments are more often then not just heared in ww2 game circles and the massive nationlism following those ppl when they venture outside their bubbles.
@@phil3114 I think it was pretty clear I was addressing fighter aircraft, given that we are talking about the 262. I assumed I wouldn't have to clarify that in my original comment. Also, I never said the 262 was outright bad, or that the choice to have wing mounted engines was silly at the time. I was merely pointing out that mounting the engines on the wings was not some grand leap forward in aircraft technology. It was a throw-away comment that I don't expect anyone to think too deeply about, yet here we are. I've never been a military aircraft nerd per-say, I watch Rex's Hamger and that's about it. And again, where are you getting this idea of my comment being 'nationalistic'? If you are trying to read into what I said, I assure you that you are very wrong if you think I am a nationalist/nationalist adjacent.
Incredible to see something operate that was built nearly 80 years ago. Astounding!
A piece of history, exciting to watch even on video
Thanks for flying and make it still working , this wonderful ME 262 , the great history of the world of jet fighters .
So cool that we still have old war-birds like these. This bad boy basically being the progenitor of all modern fixed-wing fighter aircraft. (even if it is just a trainer version) so cool to see history in action!
Why Bad boy ??? And you were the "good boys"???
It's a replica, still cool to see one flying tho.
This IS a NEW BUILD REPLICA. The poster needs to change the wording of his post.
It's not a real one. It's a reproduction made like 20 years ago.
@@josephsavicki9201 Why? The replicas are "mega rare" as he says, it's got a continuation of original serial numbers and is literally an ME-262. There's not a single inaccuracy in the title. If he had of claimed it was original then you'd have some ground to stand on, but as it stands you're just complaining about nothing.
Thank you very much for this perfect video
Классный канал, от подачи не устаёшь
Seventy-seven years ago people flew as fast as today's airliners, it's mind-boggling. I am always amazed by the technology of men when they are entrenched in a catastrophic atmosphere. And above all thank you, oh a big thank you to the men who bring these jewels of aviation back to life.
@Julian Martov 🤣
Yet another coward!
Well 50+ years ago people flew airlines 2-3 times faster as todays airliners... ;) Of course progress means we have media centers, etc, aboard these days :P
didnt ask
@@Stagnantpizza34 Anonymous coward!
Just.... WOW! What a beautiful aircraft, a ground-breaker, so ahead of it's time to boot. Love it.
Great pilot, perfect landings!
Thanks for watching
Such a beauty.
It's a beautiful masterpiece of its time!
Agreed
All the angles in this video really showcase what a gorgeous machine this is. I really never realized her beauty before.
Thanks for sharing that 👍
They were effective against the B-17 - just too late in the war. I read a US memoir from 44/45 that had a 262 down 3 B-17s with one pass. The 30mm cannon round was devastating. By that time though, the Luftwaffe had no experienced pilots left and very little fuel.
Me-262 is the most revolutionary and significant aircraft in aviation history since the Wright Flyer, the most effective fighter aircraft of the war, the Allies had absolutely nothing comparable.
@@WilhelmKarsten Well the Mustangs kicked the Jets @$$'sout of the skies, 120 of them !!! and Germany lost the war !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 The Mustang was completely outclassed by the Me-262... it rendered propeller driven fighters obsolete. It wasn't because of the Mustang... it was obsolete after the Me-262 entered service.
Simply gorgeous. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be in the sky in such a historically significant machine.
I cant imagine being in a prop plane and seeing that come at you!
While, sure, sure, its only in WW2 fighter plane simulator games, its actually pretty awe inspiring the first time it powers up and takes off. When compared to prop planes, the spooling up of the engine and way it rockets down the run way and launches into the air. It must be amazing in RL.
I'll bet it scared the bejesus out of allied pilots in WW 11
@@fredkeele6578 no doubt.
@@fredkeele6578 Not if the allied pilot was waiting for it to land. Easy shot there.. ;-)
I actually met a WW2 bomber pilot who told me he was flying on a bombing mission and one of these planes came out of nowhere and flew right past him. He said he could not figure out how a plane could fly with no propellers.
Wonderful Aircraft & footage
Incredible for something coming up on 100 years old.
To actually see one of these in working condition is just incredible
Thanks for watching
@@Epicaviation47 Yet no mention of the fact that it's NOT a 262 in working condition - this vid would have been interesting enough but you've been very economical with the truth , for views - that's really weak man .
@@DrTWG It is indicated in the description of the vid (albeit a bit smallish). But yes, it is a replica. Museums dont fly real WW2 airplanes, especially jets, lest they risk crashing them. The Jumos were particularly fragile.
@@andreaassanelli4117 You're generalizing a bit too much here. There are thousands of airworthy and regularly flown WWII aircraft, some of which (primarily old cargo aircraft) are literally flown every single day. It is true that there are no surviving airworthy Me-262s, but there is actually one in Seattle being restored to flying condition so that may soon change.
@@spayum2 It's being restored with its original jumo jet engines. Saying that the FAA will probably have it under "EXPERIMENTAL" status. The Replicas have GE J85 Engines inside a replica Jumo shell.
German engineering....impressive then....now...and forever. Big thank you to the team keeping it airworthy.
The engines are not original.
@@okedoke1234 Please explain.
@@123pietasty321 They are J85 engines, like on the T-38 trainer. The Jumo 004's from WWII had about a 10-15 hour mean time between failure.
Failed Nazi engineering, you mean. Our prop-driven, conventional P-51's shot them down with regularity. American engineering won the war, Jack, Nazi "Engineering" killed 50 million people - I'm sure you're "Impressed" with that as well.
@@123pietasty321 And the airframe is a new build one of 5 !!!
I enjoyed the video, thank you for posting. Back in 1983 when I was visiting the National Air and Space Museum they were restoring the Me 262 A-1a they have on display. It was by chance I had spoke with a worker and he let me look at it. it wasn't on display in the front area yet. I was very excited to get to see it before restoration.
Wow that is so not even a little interesting to anyone but yourself.
@@slowery43 😂 🤣
Just got to see this beauty fly in Houston a few days ago now. What a work of art she is!
The most significant aircraft design in history since the Wright Flyer, the Me-262 completely revolutionized aviation.
Großartiges Teil! Super Sound, tolles Design. Die Messerschmitt ME 262 ist eine Legende.
Thanks for watching
Es ist als wenn ein Engel schiebt . Das sagte der Testpilot nach dem ersten Flug . Aber man sieht, in dem Beitrag, auch das einzige Problem was die Me hatte . Man bekommt bei der Landung die Nase nicht runter .
My father was in WWII and he took a picture of one of these setting on the ground, still one of my favorite photos.
Could you share it? That would be awesome to look at
Can you imagine what the first pilot who was standing next to this thing thought when the sound of the jet started? That high pitch screaming I would have thought this was some kind of new dangerous magic. What a feeling.
BEAUTIFUL.
Amazing to think it was invented over 70 years ago. Looks like a very capable aircraft still
Hah, yeah throw one of these up against an F-22 or an F-15. Thing could barely fight P-51s once it got to 45'
@@callumsmodellingcentre6902 haha your gay f16 exists thanks to this plane fucking gringos stole all the german tech
@@skyfire2490 tf are you on about?
@@callumsmodellingcentre6902 yeah nigga usa copied all the german tech dont you know? After ww2 recruited all the scients and all to create proyects
@@skyfire2490 operation paperclip was moreso to get German scientists away from the USSR rather than to use them themselves, once the scientists were in America their main goal was achieved. The success and influence these German scientists had is greatly overestimated in most media
Now there's something you won't see every day.....That is the first operational ME 262 I've ever seen.... Thank you so much for sharing this with us. The only thing missing was a high speed gears up fly by....
Thanks for watching
It's a Replica with modern Engines. IIRC there is a project to restore an actual Me 262 with its original Junkers Jumo 004 Engines. No Idea how that can comply with modern Safety Standards. The Jumo 004 is hiedeously unreliable and prone to Fires.
@@Genius_at_Work I realize it's not an original 262 but rather a replica. It'd still stun me to see it fly by if I had the chance. Glad that the originals were produced too late to help the Hitler War machine.
I've never seen a two-seater before
@@stevewesby At least some of the 2 seat variants were used as a night fighters.
Back in the 70’s my brother had an excellent me -262 model kit that was assembled to perfection. Paint and decals matching some war photos we had. It was beautiful, sadly it wound up getting destroyed in combat reenactment. It was was hit with .22 caliber projectiles, and then a huge explosion with a yellow-black checked “bomb”, and completely destroyed on impact.
Incredible story very brave Pilot wish i could have thanked him in person
As a kid, some time ago, the only Axis plane I had as a model was the ME-262 - still amazing.
Amazing to this still flying. We are so lucky that these dedicated people can keep these fantastic aircraft from the past in such good condition. It must have been difficult to land as the nose seemed quite high.
There are no real Me-262's flying today, they are all replicas that were built in around 2000 by a company in Texas
There is at least one original plane, with the "Jumo" (Junkers) engines, still in restoration though, to get to flight, in the Everett (WA) museum.
Los motores que utiliza éste avión no son originales Jumo sino General Electric modernos.
@@yoamal1187 They started in Texas but moved it to Everett Wash, Paene field where Boeing has its wide body production !!!
@@rosamora8349 Paul Allens museum.......
Thousand thanks for this rare vid of a mega-rare bird!!!!
A friend of mine told me about his first encounter with the 262. He was a B-17 pilot. On a mission the rear tail gunner called him and said, "there's something coming up on us awful fast!". The plane made one firing pass, then flew over their right wing and off he went. He said that they had heard stories of the jets, but that was the first time they encountered one.
Impressive machine. I love the triangle-shaped body of the Me 262.
Fantastic to keep this alive and flying. It still looks like it could ruin your day, but what a beautiful aircraft
Thanks for watching
It’s a replica built in Washington state, USA.
Wow that must have scared the bjheezus out of British fighter pilots! I could listen to that all day! Nice feather touchdown. The first attempt to land was a beautiful throttleup. Nicely done!
Holy shit..One of them actually flying..It's beautiful..Small sleek..
OMG, I can’t believe having this plane but what’s more incredible is it still being able to fly! Wow! My hats off to everyone who keeps it flying!👍🏻🙌😮
+ Cesar Riojas It is a new-build example with GE turbines.
@@FiveCentsPlease it’s really important to not copy the original engines, damn things had a lifespan of only 200 hours
@@skyethegoose Paul Allen's museum has restored their original Me-262 with improved original engines, although it has not been fully tested or flown just yet.
@@skyethegoose Original Me 262 engines ran 10-15 hours before major overhaul. Most didn't last that long though. Killed a lot of pilots though exploding/flameout/catching fire. Even changing throttle setting cold destroy the engine.
@@skyethegoose They were lucky to get 5 hours on an engine. USAF used up all the spare engines trying to test them and gave up !!! Junk engines !!!
one of my grandfather's was in the medical corps during World War 2 for Canada, and he said the first time one of these flew across literally every one on the ground almost stopped what they were doing and watching what was happening in the air. to see one of these ME-262 vs an Allied plane and the almost comical speed at which the 262 flew compared to the Allied fighter. they knew history was being made that day in aviation
It went by like we were standing still 🔥
Searched for this and finally ☺️☺️😍
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