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	YouTube - Messerschmitt Me-262 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He told me that it was a great luck for foreign airforce that Hitler himself retarted the introduction of the M-262 as an fighter plane because he was complete layman and thought it would be good for a bomber.
		The aircraft was originally designed as a tail-dragger and the first (Me 262 V1) through fourth (-V4) prototypes flew with this configuration, but it was discovered on an early test run that the engines and wings "blanked" the stabilizers, giving almost no control on the ground.
		Due to fuel shortages, pilot shortages, and the lack of many airfields that could support the Me 262 (concrete runways were recommended as the jet engines would melt tar runways), as few as 200 Me 262s made it to combat units.
	www.youtube.com /?v=1THzcb-PBtM (863 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 262 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war—shooting down an estimated 150 Allied aircraft for the loss of 100 Me 262s, the majority of aircraft grounded for lack of fuel—the jet was both well-known and highly influential on post-war aircraft development.
		The HG series of Me 262 derivatives was estimated to be capable of reaching transonic Mach numbers in level flight, with the top speed of the HG III being projected as Mach 0.96 at 6 km altitude.
		After Willy Messerschmitt's death, the former Me 262 pilot Hans Guido Mutke claimed to be the first person to break the sound barrier on April 9, 1945 in a Me 262.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262 (2527 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 262 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although the Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war - shooting down an estimated 150 Allied aircraft for the loss of 100 Me 262s, the majority of aircraft grounded for lack of fuel - the jet was both well-known and highly influential on post-war aircraft development.
		In these dive tests, it was established that the Me 262 was out of control in a dive at (Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)) Mach 0.86, and that higher Mach numbers would lead to a nose-down trim that could not be countered by the pilot.
		After Willy Messerschmitt's death, the former Me 262 pilot (Click link for more info and facts about Hans Guido Mutke) Hans Guido Mutke claimed to be the first person to break the (The increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound) sound barrier on April 9 1945 in a Me 262.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/messerschmitt_me_262.htm (1875 words)

	JV44 Aircraft
		Thus was the birth of the Me 262.
		It was realized that the Me 262 needed to have a tricycle landing gear, both to solve the takeoff problem and to save the runways which were becoming badly scorched.
		As a dive bomber, the 262 would exceed its maximum speed, as a low level bomber it consumed too much fuel thus unacceptably reducing range, and as a high level bomber without an appropriate bomb sight the pilot would be lucky to hit within the same zip code of the target.
	home.att.net /~jv44/jv44planes.htm (1319 words)

	FlightSim.Com Feature: Great Airplanes 4: Messerschmitt 262
		The Me 262 might seem a strange choice because it wasn't the first jet powered plane to fly; nor, fortunately for the Allies, was it produced in particularly large numbers.
		Allied aviators reported encounters with the Me 262 in awed tones, but it wasn't that long before it was proved that shooting one down was possible, the trick being to catch the jet as it slowed in an evasive maneuver, or as the 262 was throttled back to avoid overhauling a target.
		As Galland's comment indicates, the Me 262 was a pilot's airplane that was docile in normal flight regimes with well harmonized controls and packing a terrific punch thanks to the four 30 mm cannon with which it was equipped.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/feature/me262/me262.htm (1979 words)

	Me 262, Messerschmitt
		Being the first jet fighter to enter operational service, the design of the Messerschmitt Me 262 stemmed from a previous 1938 requirement from the German Air Ministry, for a plane to be powered by the new BMW gas turbine engines.
		Contrary to Hitler's orders, the Me 262 was exclusively produced as a fighter but when this was discovered by the Führer, an immediate conversion of all planes was ordered, thus ending all hopes of repelling the punishing Allied bombing raids for the sake of dropping one or two bombs.
		The Me 262 was argued to be an excellent opportunity to inflict serious damage to the Allied bomber formations as it had already produced superb results against Allied aircraft and it used diesel fuel which was in less demand compared with the high-octane fuel used by propeller driven aircraft.
	home.iae.nl /users/wbergmns/info/me262.htm (804 words)

	Talk:Messerschmitt Me 262 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While it is romantic to think of the ME 262 in special terms, those terms must be accurate.
		The ME 262 was not the "first operational jet powered aircraft." This sentence is simply wrong and must be corrected.
		There is an ME 262 on display in the ground floor Aeronautics hall of the Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany (I have a poor photo of it).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Messerschmitt_Me_262 (1326 words)

	From Paine Field, the Messerschmitt flies again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was Galland who organized and commanded the legendary J.V. 44 unit that was equipped with the Me 262 jets, and who persuaded Adolf Hitler to use the plane as a fighter, instead of as a bomber.
		Aviation historians say if the Me 262 had been used early as a fighter in mass numbers, it could have turned the tide of the air war in favor of Germany.
		As a fighter, the Me 262 was deadly, slicing through Allied bomber formations at about 540 mph, or 100 mph faster than any fighter with a propeller could fly at the time.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/64411_messer29.shtml (1593 words)

	Me 262 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		From the outset, Hitler was convinced that the Me 262 should be utilized exclusively in the schnellbomber role.
		Me 262A-1a and A-1/U3 aircraft were used by units such as Kommando Braunegg and NAG 1 for army tactical support recon.
		The subject Me 262A-2a, 9K+BN, was assigned to 5/KG(J) 54 based at Schwabisch Hall in December 1944.
	www.kitparade.com /features00/me262sg_1.htm (1841 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Aircraft Museum - Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe
		These early flights confirmed the good handling characteristics of the Me 262 and allowed other systems to be tested until the jet engines were finally ready a year later.
		It is a common misconception that the Me 262 might have won the war if Adolf Hitler had not delayed the project by insisting the aircraft be used as a bomber.
		Despite being well-armed with 30-mm cannons and air-to-air rockets, the Me 262 was simply too little too late to turn the tide of war in Germany's favor.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/fighter/me262/index.shtml (581 words)

	Stof's Me 262 Page
		The first unit to use the Me 262, starting in June 1944, was the Erprobrungskommando 262 under the command of Hauptmann Werner Thierfelder, and manned with pilots from III./ZG26, because of their experience in two-engined planes.
		The Me 262B-1a was a night interceptor, fitted with a SN-2 radar and a two-seat cockpit for the pilot and a radar operator.
		The Me 262 does not have the dogfighting abilities of a lighter propeller plane, so keep it high and fast, and never follow planes that try to escape you by doing a sharp turn.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /christophe.arribat/stof262.html (753 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) - Frans Bonné
		The Me 262 V3 still had a tailwheel landing gear, which meant that the wing blanketed the horizontal tail surface during the take-off run and prevented the elevator from becoming effective.
		After this the Me 262 received a lot of interrest from test pilots and the General der Jagdflieger, Adolf Galland, which were all full of praise for it.
		Me 262A-2a/U2 This single prototype had the cannon-carrying metal nose replaced by a plywood nose carrying a prone bombardier position with a bomb-aiming transparency and a gyro-stabilized Lofte 7H bomb sight.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/messme262.html (2784 words)

	AVIATION ART HANGAR - Too Little Too Late by Stan Stokes (Me-262 & B-24))
		With an 18 degree swept wing, the 262 was capable of Mach.86.
		The 262 was totally ineffective in a turning duel with Allied fighters, and was also vulnerable to attack during take off and landings.
		Despite its sleek "jet-age" appearance, the 262 was roughly manufactured, because Germany had lost access to its normal aircraft assembly plants.
	www.aviationarthangar.com /tlitoolameav.html (818 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 262 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first jet fighter ever produced, and as such, it easily outpaced all other fighter planes of WWII.
		When the German forces released the Me 262 in late 1944, it caused a wave of panic among the Allied Command.
		But the problem with the Me 262 was that it was simply too fast.
	www.cals.lib.ar.us /miller/gallery/me262.html (141 words)

	Wilde Sau Mosquito Fighters - Me 262 pilot memories - pg. 1 - Flight Journal Magazine article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When the Wilde Sau unit received its first Me 262s, he stated that the jet fighter's cockpit was almost similar to the Bf 109's, and that made his two circuits around the field impressive enough to be sufficient operational training for the new, much higher performance Me 262 jet.
		Czypionka told me that because they were flying solo aircraft and knew that any throttle motions were very critical for avoiding flameouts at high altitude, they maintained a constant throttle setting and didn't have any problem in that area.
		The Me 262 was changed from a tail-dragger to a tricycle configuration because when the tail was low, the wing's angle of incidence rendered the tailplane ineffective, and that made the elevators unresponsive to control inputs.
	www.flightjournal.com /articles/wilde_sau/wilde_sau_1.asp (2961 words)

	Air Classics: Inside the Me 262 project
		However, when all was said and done, the Me 262 entered service at a time when it was too late for any weapon (excepting an atomic bomb) to aid in preventing the destruction of the Third Reich.
		Flight testing of the Me 262 V1 prototype started on 18 April 1941 when Flugkapitan Fritz Wendel (who had set the absolute speed record in the Bf 109R, only to be broken by Darryl Greenamyer in his modified F8F-2 Bearcat) took the machine aloft from Augsburg.
		The first truly operational Me 262 unit was JG 7 which had been formed out of the elements of Kommando Nowotny and soon became the strongest Me 262 unit in number of planes and pilots.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200304/ai_n9230356 (1631 words)

	Messerschmitt ME-262 A-1a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In its day fighter role the Me 262 was used for combating bomber formations operating over Germany.
		The Me 262 was fitted with two Jumo 004B type engines -this was he first large batch production jet engine.
		The output of 930 kp static jet thrust sufficed to give the Me 262 a maximum speed of 870 km/h at an altitude of 6000m.
	www.planet.fi /~mohman/model/me262.html (336 words)

	Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Tactical Air Combat Over Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Once the allies understood the immense impact of the Me 262, their top priority was to eliminate them from the enemy's inventory.
		The Me 262 Project is run by an outstanding collection of individuals—engineers, craftsmen, and historians.
		Using a rather clever engine mounting approach, the Me 262 Project has been able to enclose the GE J85 engines in a housing that on the outside gives the same look and profile of the original Jumo-004Bs.
	www.microsoft.com /games/combatfs3/article_me262.asp (919 words)

	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - Luftwaffe Resource Center - Messerschmitt Me 262 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Image 6 - Captured Me 262's lined up at Lechefeld, June 1945, prior to their move to Melun in France, where captured German aircraft were collected for shipment to the USA.
		Image 7 Captured and cocooned photographic reconaissance Me 262 parked on the deck of the HMS Reaper and being shipped to the USA.
		Image 24 Me 262 W.Nr.130167, a Schwäbish-Hall built aircraft that became the second V5 SQ+WF.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /LRG/me262.html (627 words)

	Me-262 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 262 was faster than the meteor by about 45 to 50 mph, however the American P-80 held about a 5 mph lead over the 262.both the Meteor and the P-80 had a higher service ceiling than the 262.
		Admittedly the 4 30mm cannon of the 262 were heavier than the 6 fifty cals of the P-80, but the 4 20mm of the Meteor would be a good match.
		The Meteor and the 262 were fairly equal in manuverabillity, while the P-80 could out turn them both that may not have been as big an advantage as one might first think.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/post-9603.html (778 words)

	Aviation Airshow Air Race Photography Discussion - View Single Post - Me 262 Repairs
		Appears the original Me 262 had different left and right gear (actuator, cup, bowls?) locking mechanisms.
		Machined in Texas from the plans, created by reverse engineering their original Me 262, proves flaws in the German built model.
		The gear used for the Me 262 replicas were adopted from a Grumman S3.
	www.aafo.com /hangartalk/showpost.php?p=3588&postcount=1 (353 words)

	Schiffer Me-262 Book
		One detractor for me was the inclusion of a whimsical “1960s” red flame embossed fl Me-262 right on the cover and in the color plates.
		I have learned never to say “didn’t happen in the Luftwaffe” but this is a little out there for me. The flames look cool but I don’t think that they are historically accurate.
		I think you would have to show me. Despite this blemish, the book is well researched.
	www.ipmsusa.org /Reviews/Archive/Books/Aircraft/Schiffer_Me-262/Schiffer_Me-262.htm (423 words)

	Cutting Edge 48-375: Me-262 recce nose
		It looks to me like the critical piece here, the gun cover panel, has the same general contours as its Monogram piece counterpart, although you might have to do a little shimming on the lower edges--maybe the rear, too--to get it to work.
		I don’t have a Dragon 262 in my stash, but I don’t see why this set couldn’t be made to work on that, too.
		CE has a “recon” bird on one of their 262 sheets, but closer examination shows that it has been retrofitted with a regular gun nose, so those decals wouldn’t be applicable to a model built using this set.
	modelingmadness.com /others/conversions/mesnerce48375.htm (615 words)

	NEW ME 262 MAKES FIRST FLIGHT
		The original Me 262s, flown by the Luftwaffe during the tail end of World War II, were the world's first operational jet-powered aircraft.
		Capable of 540 mph in level flight, the Me 262 was nearly untouchable when pitted against Allied bombers and escort fighters.
		The Everett-based Me 262 Project was born in 1993 as Classic Fighter Industries.
	www.eaa.org /communications/eaanews/030103_me.html (674 words)

	Model Airplane News: Mini Me 262 A-2a
		Made famous by Adolf Galland, the 262 taught many lessons to the Allies after the War, both in jet technology and in aircraft design, particularly in the area of swept wings.
		I have always liked the distinctive shape of the Me 262 with its swept wing, high tail and triangular fuselage that resembles a shark.
		I built a prototype Mini Me 262 in 1999, with two handmade fans and a span of about 44 inches.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3819/is_200110/ai_n8998954 (1602 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 262 Accessories Review by Brett Green (Cutting Edge 1/48)
		The new 1/48 scale Tamiya Messerschmitt Me 262 is a magnificent model in terms of accuracy, detail and fit of parts.
		As the name implies, Cutting Edge's 1/48 scale Me 262 Cockpit Upgrade builds on the good basic Tamiya kit parts to add extra detail and a few new features to the front office of this pioneering jet.
		Cutting Edge's 1/48 scale Me 262 Four Gun Nose is another simple and inexpensive modification for Tamiya's kit.
	www.kitreview.com /reviews/me262accessoriesreviewbg_1.htm (702 words)

	Warbird Alley: Messerschmitt Me 262
		For a single nation to twice take on the modern world within a 20-year period, there must be a high level of self-delusion, if not madness, in the highest ranks of government, especially when it was still staggering from the effects of losing the first try.
		None-the-less, Nazi Germany did exactly that, and no amount of technological ingenuity could alter that fact, as the history of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the first turbojet to be used in combat, dramatically illustrates.
		Despite the fact that the Me 262 is one of the most rare and esoteric aircraft of World War II, at least one group has endeavored to build brand new copies of this interesting airplane, updated to modern safety standards, and powered by more modern jet engines.
	www.warbirdalley.com /me262.htm (614 words)

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