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You're a little out, on that; the Meteor I didn't have airbrakes, but they were fitted to the Meteor III, which entered service in January 1945.The earliest use I can see of speedbrakes on jets is the FJ-1 Fury, the straight winged sort of predesessor of the F-86. It first flew in 1946.
It's always been a mystery to me why the first models of the Me-262 were tail draggers. What were they thinking? The first flights under jet power, the pilot had to jab the brakes during the takeoff run to get the tail up.
Wasn't the first Me262 prototypes were based on the 109, or at least used many parts from the 109? I think thats why some of the first ones were taildraggers. I could be wrong however.It's always been a mystery to me why the first models of the Me-262 were tail draggers. What were they thinking? The first flights under jet power, the pilot had to jab the brakes during the takeoff run to get the tail up.
Messerschmitt was very specific about a speed limit on the Me262's dive, since the 262 could gain speed quickly and suffer control surface "freeze" and/or compromise it's structural integrity
I've read Mutke's account too. I took it to mean he used the trim to pull out of the dive, because his elevators were rigid. Pulling out of the dive slowed the aircraft down. Not the trim slowed the aircraft down, then he pulled out of the dive.