me-262

Fantastic Flying Tales is a 70-page softcover book containing eleven illustrated stories of aviation adventure. Eight of them are true. Two are historical fiction based on true events. One is arguably nonsense, but pretty funny. They are ALL lavishly illustrated, unusual and entertaining. This...

Hey y'all, Does anyone know if there are any surviving members of JV 44? Ground crew/aviators. Also, has anyone on here met any members of JV 44? Thank you

Me-262

I share with you a collection of photos of the most produced Soviet fighter of all time, including some rare photos of the plane with Allied markings. We're talking about Yakovlev Yak-9, the first Soviet aircraft to shoot down a Me-262. To see a full report and the photos, visit the link below...

If the war, and German engine development, had continued, what would have become of the 2-engined Me-262? Would the aircraft have had progressively more powerful engines installed, or would the design have given way to 1-engine designs?

Given that the jet engine was a very high priority in the U.S. I was wondering why the Army didn't just order Bell to "fix" the P-59 and get it ready for combat? Sure the P-59 wasn't a great plane from the start, but the P-80 had problems too and the Army must been expecting better engines...

On a modeler's forum, it was asserted that because putty was used to smooth out the sensitive laminar flow airfoil skin on P-51 wings, when the AAF went to bare metal, the P-51's wings were painted silver to hide the puttied seams. I have looked very closely at period color films and stills...

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I don't normally do jets, but this is WWII vintage, and too hard to resist. As archaic as it was, it is still one hot looking aircraft.