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There is a Luftwaffe training video about converting to the Me262 available on line.

This will give you all the info that you need http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Images/spit/SPIT9MANUAL.pdf

I have the FAW MK20 but the file is too big to post here

There is also, Flying The Sr-71 Blackbird: In The Cockpit On A Secret Operational Mission by Richard H. Graham A very good read

According to the aircraft manual, there is a button on the right hand side, which the groundcrew used to open and close the canopy

In the film, there are scenes where crews bailed out via the belly hatch.

All main British Warplanes would be in feet. The odd bods taken into RAF service during the war would have altimeters in the system used by their parent countries.

It was also used in a James Bond movie!

I was in the RAF in the late 70s to mid 80s and flew in both the Nimrod and P3. Both were good at what they were designed for but the Nimrod came out overall tops.

I would prefer the browning 9MM, which i have fired!

something that I posted on WW2talk.com “That, then, was the Me 262, variously known as the Schwalbe and the Strumvogel. But whatever the appellation, it was in my view unquestionably the foremost warplane of its day: a hard hitter which outperformed anything that we immediately available….”...

"wellington," There is a restored wellington, but the important thing is; who is going to fly them! You will need both aircrew and ground crew as well.

The thing about some li2s was that they were fitted with a wood burning stove in the rear!!!! :mrgreen:

I used to be a volunteer presenter on BFBS Belize

I thought that i would add this to the debate, it is from Captain Eric brown RN who was a famous test pilot,