Late in World War II, Germany’s Me-262 jet fighters took to the skies against the U.S. Army Air Forces’ P-51 Mustangs. This video recounts those dramatic encounters over Germany, where speed clashed ...
On this day in aviation history, 83 years ago (July 18, 1942), the Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype took to the skies for the first time under jet power. This historic flight marked the culmination of ...
The Me-262 is a jet that needs no introduction. Perhaps no German WWII fighter on this side of the Bf-109 and possibly the Fokke Wulf Fw-190 is as recognizable as the Me-262 jet. But for how ...