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If the Me 262 was serviceable to get into the air to deliver the shell, first getting through the fighter escort, and if there was sufficient fuel to get the serviceable Me 262 into the air, after towing it across the field with horses or bullocks.
There is no doubt that the Me 262 was the first jet to see active service, and the basics of the aircraft were sound - but, at the time, it was NOT a wonder weapon and, under the circumstances in the dwindling Reich at the time, never would be, especially the engines. Given time (which was not an option), with development, funding, testing and more experience of jet fighter operation, it could have turned out to be a superb machine, but the facts and figures already presented here show that this didn't happen, regardless of personal opinion, revisionist bull sh*t merchants, Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, so please, do yourself a favour, and stop digging a bigger hole which is rapidly filling up with effluent !
If the Me 262 was serviceable to get into the air to deliver the shell, first getting through the fighter escort, and if there was sufficient fuel to get the serviceable Me 262 into the air, after towing it across the field with horses or bullocks.
There is no doubt that the Me 262 was the first jet to see active service, and the basics of the aircraft were sound - but, at the time, it was NOT a wonder weapon and, under the circumstances in the dwindling Reich at the time, never would be, especially the engines. Given time (which was not an option), with development, funding, testing and more experience of jet fighter operation, it could have turned out to be a superb machine, but the facts and figures already presented here show that this didn't happen, regardless of personal opinion, revisionist bull sh*t merchants, Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, so please, do yourself a favour, and stop digging a bigger hole which is rapidly filling up with effluent !
To which post are you referring ?
I asked about your name out of interest. I had a friend, back in the 1980's and early 1990's, who came every year to the UK in his Jodel, and one of our mutual friends was a Flight Engineer.
Do not touch the Empire - Hendon will strafing you
Oh good grief. I'm out of this thread. This eejit just won't take the hint and won't drop some long-held affront...and consistently fails to answer questions about the "facts" he's generating.
I'm with pbehn and heading off to the Land of Nod because the alternative of participating in this thread is clearly a waste of my time.
I have no problem with that. I better stick to the US as they undestand what they have received from us - instead of a lot of junk from the UK before.
A Wernherr von Braun, German, did shoot the world into space. Got it ? What a low minded community.
What a low minded community.
Gents, the simple act of using the ignore facility once turns this into a very informative thread on jet development in the early years, no information is lost at all, quite remarkable really.
So I'll leave it open. By all means, please add to the information here. But gentlemen, please leave you national pride out of it.Gents, the simple act of using the ignore facility once turns this into a very informative thread on jet development in the early years, no information is lost at all, quite remarkable really.
So I'll leave it open. By all means, please add to the information here. But gentlemen, please leave you national pride out of it.
And I on the Dutch side
Who did you steal that off?
There was much more to grab than they could carry. I am talking about the thousands of Jet engines which went for overhauling each night by truck or train
between the airfields and factorys. Each Jet had to had two engines in spare for changing by knowing about the short TBO of 2 h. So Jet engines were stored all over Germany as some factories did the overhaul. 1400 Me 262 were build - times three = 4200 engines. This was a huge project as they had almost a complete underground production line installed for producing 1200 Me 262 a day !!! The short TBO only because they could not get Kobalt and Mangan for making the compressor blades heat resisting. But a flight time of two hours ment two combats. By sending down 3 or 4 bomber each time it was a very good result. The Me 262 was so dangerous because of it`s big cannons - 40mm. If one bullet did hit a wing spar the wing broke off. (explosiv bullets)
...A Wernherr von Braun, German, did shoot the world into space. Got it ? .