ME-262 Flight Pilot view Wings Over Houston

ME-262 Flight Pilots View

[@GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

Also, thank you for NOT ruining this video by adding music.

[@Hendo56]

Or needless talking!

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

Shut up nerd

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

Amen. I agree with you both.

[@Jeroenhermanjan]

The engines are already music

[@misdangered4326]

The pilot’s listening to ‘Erika’ on his headphones… 🙂

[@molepatrol]

This is amazing, I did not realize there are still functioning Me-262s in the world today! Wow, I didn't realize how much feedback this comment would get lol. Just wanted to say that I see it's a repro aircraft now. Thanks for the insights everyone!

[@coldsamon]

This is one of five reproduction 262s built in the 1990s and early 2000s.

[@joseveintegenario-nisu1928]

@@coldsamon The turbines in the modern Me-262 are not Junkers Jumo 004!

[@rvnx]

@@joseveintegenario-nisu1928 That was never claimed, they are GE CJ-610-8A's in the reproductions, but they are still in the "original" Jumo housing.

[@spinnetti]

@@joseveintegenario-nisu1928 GE I think, and derated for this application.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@spinnetti They are GE CJ610s from the Learjet class. The plane is still over-powered with the GEs so power settings to mimic the original Jumo turbines are used, with available reserve. Replica engine nacelles were constructed to mount the 610s, both for appearance and to keep the correct weight and CG for the aircraft.

[@jeffpiatt3879]

Imagine going from an FW190 or BF109 into the 262 for the first time. Must have been amazing for the pilots.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

...and scary. As far as I know, it wasn't easy to make the switch and even some experienced pilots died in training accidents.

[@BigGoucho]

It flew “…as though the angels were pushing…”

[@philgiglio7922]

​@@BigGoucho...Adolph Galand's comment after his first flight

[@BigGoucho]

@@philgiglio7922 good man. For bonus points who said ".... it was like riding a cannon ball...." and what aircraft were they talking about? 🙂

[@markwilliams2620]

​@@BigGoucho ME163

[@hughezzell10000]

My father flew 34 missions in a B17, stormy weather, over Germany in 43 and 44. He didn't talk about it much, wouldn't. But once I asked him if he ever shot at or saw one of the Germany jet fighters. He said he did, but that they were so fast, that all he could do is spray bullets ahead of them. Said he never got one.

[@zaynevanday142]

I thought they got sent home if they survived 25 missions ?

[@derritter3873]

@@zaynevanday142don’t quote me, but I think after 25 missions it was optional. I can assume that those in bombers who did 25+ missions had reasons to keep going such as wanting to see the war to its end.

[@IngFede1]

he was a terrorist. killed millions of german civilians

[@infaereld2055]

​​@@zaynevanday142It originally was 25 missions but as casualty rates started dropping late in the war, they changed it to 30 then finally 35.

[@ashemgold]

LOVE the shadow on the ground at 7:45 and the perfect landing. Amazing.

[@hkguitar1984]

Agreed

[@davidca96]

You can really see how wobbly and slower responding the controls are compared to later generation jets. It was so fast compared to the opponents that it didnt need to dogfight, could climb and dive at will.

[@TinyBearTim]

It can’t dog fight it turns like a boat

[@ZealothPL]

@@TinyBearTim dogfighting doesnt mean "horizontal turns only"

[@bluskytoo]

my dad was on B-24s in WW2 , he told me they were too fast for the turrets to track , scared them pretty good.

[@dillonhopson4367]

The controls aren’t really slow just heavy and the wobble is probably Dutch roll caused by the swept wing and smaller vertical fin and rudder. With swept wings the air will flow across and spanwise or across and outward at lower speeds causing that phenomenon. Northrop had a electronic yaw damper for the autopilots figured out in the late 1940s. Beautiful engineering.

[@Stealth86651]

Was sorta the whole issue with early jets, they realized you're going so fast you don't have the fine control or time to even line up a shot. At a certain point human reaction time just isn't enough compared to BVR, sensors, radar, etc.

[@elijahbrown3306]

The first pilots to take these to combat must have felt like they had a chance to win the war

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

There were significant problems with engines flaming out in rolls, rocket racks losing electrical power, and being shot down on the long, slow takeoff run.

[@hb9145]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver The Germans had poor materials at this stage of the war, and they suffered from that, especially when it came to the engine.

[@ferronzomeren2733]

@@hb9145materials AND good factory workers (ie not slaves who saboutaged a lot) AND jet-turbine experienced ground crew/mechanics

[@lanthanumlanthanium6373]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Now let's talk about the problems with USA, Britain, Soviets ect. Ohhhh wait, you won't because that list would be significantly longer.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@lanthanumlanthanium6373 What problems were the Allies having with aircraft production in WWII?

[@S2Sturges]

That bit of string is a drift indicator, we had them on old Alouette II and III helicopters, worked surprisingly well....

[@radbilcz]

This string is a bend meter or turn coordinator. It shows whether the directional rudders are swung correctly in relation to the ailerons. It is correct when it lies parallel to the aircraft axis. If it is tilted left or right in a turn, it means that there is a slip or yaw. The string is very often used in gliders. The beginning of learning to fly gliders is all about coordinating the correct leanings.

[@user-nk4td9bg6w]

My favourite flight instrument but it doesn't look like it's ehaving on this plane. or is it?

[@user-nk4td9bg6w]

erm behaving

[@Deadvalley200]

My first time seeing it in person was about a year ago, but they also had it at the most recent show. Majestic piece of engineering.

[@jeromewagschal9485]

It must have been something to take off in one of these back in 1944-45...

[@juslitor]

Not to mention trying to get back down in one piece.

[@garygiles3991]

Had a friend who was in the Luftwaffe in WW2. He flew the ME 109 in the Battle of Britain. Then the ME 262 near the war's end.

[@randomname3247]

damnnnn, did he ever do an interview?

[@Daronor01]

What was his name? Do you know which squadron?

[@StevieSantosia]

You have to imagine that the world's first jet aircraft was built by the Germans in the 1940s. At that time, my grandfather was still plowing the fields with his team of oxen. It's crazy how far ahead the German armaments engineers were of the time.

[@lisapotter3052]

It it said that the nazis got technological help from the (Nordic) aliens. After the war Operation High Jump wit Admiral Byrd tried to conquer the Nazi base in Neuschwabenland (Arctic) but got their @$$es kicked by flying causers that emerged from the ocean. Look it up.

[@BenjoKazooie64]

World's first jet was built by the British in the 30s. They also beat the Germans to the punch with the Meteor in service a few months ahead of the 262, but they never sent them over Europe due to fears of capture.

[@Sercer25]

@@BenjoKazooie64 Heinkel HE 178 was the first jet ever built.

[@City1Tiger]

​@@BenjoKazooie64Do you really feel the need to copy and paste that same lie in every comment?

[@mr.pissedoff1903]

He probably plowed his field with Oxen cause it was more cost effective then buying a tractor. Which he probably didn’t need depending on how much land he had. Germany was still using horses to move supplies cause they were terrible at making trucks during the war.

[@madmax404]

Damn. I didn't think I'd ever see that cockpit view outside of a IL2 Sturmovik in-game rendering!

[@JamesC1981]

all time classic game

[@ASIATRUCKS]

best game

[@Hoonter101]

Inferior Russian aircraft

[@madmax404]

@@Hoonter101 It's a classic combat flight simulator game, bearing the name of the iconic ground attack aircraft. And doesn't matter if that Russian plane in an entirely different category was slow, it was heavily armored and there was tens of thousands of them lol

[@JanHenk-k1b]

@@Hoonter101 still won the war. There are more original Il-2´s around today than 262´s ;)

[@tomasom4497]

I've flown this in a flight simulator before. I'm not a real pilot, but after seeing this, it just makes me realize how awesome flight simulators are these days. Took me a while to tell that this was real and not a simulation.

[@flakboss1712]

Yes. I am a flight simmer too but this is amazing. A bit scary.

[@markrix]

It is a sim 😂

[@tomasom4497]

@@markrix No, it isn't. It's a replica Me-262 at an airshow in Houston. You can see the pilot's hands touching the controls from time to time.

[@huskyman7633]

​@@markrixNo lol

[@capolaya]

So that's what the ME262 pilots experienced flying their machines. Awesome.

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

SO COOOL!! I remember playing _Chuck Yeager's Air Combat_ back in the '90s. Toward the end of the WW2 campaign, the player encounters a couple of these... while flying a P-51. Just no catching up wth 'em, if they decide to scoot. I always wished the '262 were actually user flyable - back then, 30 years ago, if you wanted something like the awesome video above, it pretty much came down to **maybe** one or two primitive flight-sims or some of the scant, blurry, black-and-white footage that turned up in the rare kind of WW2 documentary to dig beyond a cursory mention of the Messerschmitt, usually breezed by as part of a rapid-fire tally of some of the more successful projects from the grab-bag of the innovative, the bizarre, and the absurd "wunderwaffe," in the closing minutes of a doc that had no reason to put any effort or runtime toward something only aviation geeks cared about. I'm just so happy to finally get a real peek at the experience of driving a Storm Bird. In modern HD, no less! Adding to the cool factor, to learn from this video that there even _is_ a non-zero number of currently operable, flying Me 262s? Plus, it can be flown, using - **not** some ultra-caustic, lost-to-time unobtanium - but that those Jumos spin up on something even remotely available, in the U.S., *in 2023?* _And, one was just recently flying over Houston?!_ I'm practically glowing! Thank you for the upload.

[@StrikeWyvern]

They aren't jumos, they're GE engines adapted from a Learjet. It's one from a run of only 5 replicas, however they're extremely faithful down to even having the exact same CG as the original airframe.

[@bambikiller338]

I would rather be lucky 🍀 then good any day 👍🏼. What a great game that and LHX attack chopper.

[@PavloLukashuk]

What engines are installed? 🤷‍♂️ hardly a Jummo, maybe something modern and similar in thrust ?

[@mc6jumper891]

Just another testament of the brilliance of German innovation and engineering.

[@stefanrath664]

Ja das ist richtig, aber für welchen Zweck!

[@renatomota9830]

@@stefanrath664 To be the right side if win or become the evil side if lose. Imagine being stupid enough to analyze history with contemporary morality.

[@jacobkapplan4770]

It’s not contemporary morality. It was widely recognized as evil in its own era.

[@renatomota9830]

@@jacobkapplan4770 You really didn't get it ....

[@BenjoKazooie64]

British were still first.

[@slimj091]

It's amazing to me that one of the most important instruments in and on the aircraft is a string on the nose.

[@regencyrow1867]

I just thought it was distracting. What does it do?

[@RandomAccount21377]

@@regencyrow1867 it shows you the way the air is moving around the plane

[@radbilcz]

​@@regencyrow1867This string is a bend meter or turn coordinator. It shows whether the directional rudders are swung correctly in relation to the ailerons. It is correct when it lies parallel to the aircraft axis. If it is tilted left or right in a turn, it means that there is a slip or yaw. The string is very often used in gliders. The beginning of learning to fly gliders is all about coordinating the correct leanings.

[@Shrike200]

Awesome footage. Looks like it could really use a yaw damper - typical undamped swept wing aircraft side to side nose movement, based on my limited experience with the thing switched off!

[@itsukarine]

I only fly sims and was wondering what that was. I really wanna fly...

[@MattH-wg7ou]

I noticed that too.

[@a64738]

I once flew as a patient in a small ambulance aircraft and it did yaw like that from side to side to much larger degree then in this video... Never experienced that before in any aircraft.

[@StevieSantosia]

Imagine you are a B-17 gunner and this German Me 262 fighter jet comes flying towards you at 900 km/h and opens fire with its four 30 mm MK108 cannons.

[@boomerdiorama]

After all these years I always wondered what these aircraft were like from the cockpit view. Thanks for sharing that. Cheers.

[@fleuger99]

Great vid, good to see this important historical aircraft still flying. Thanks for sharing.

[@fleuger99]

@@jonathanparle8429 Thanks for the info. Do you know what they are using for the powerplants? Thanks.

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

@@fleuger99some one in other posts said were GE from a learjet

[@fleuger99]

@@PatricioGarcia1973 Thanks :)

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

@@fleuger99 GE CJ610

[@leokimvideo]

Gave me flashbacks of the ol MS Combat Flight Simulator. Such a iconic and beautiful aircraft

[@davidbosilj]

imagine how many spiders those engines can suck in

[@Bickdickrandy]

@@davidbosiljlmao 💀💀💀

[@RicktheCrofter]

Imagine some guy flying his restored P-51, and suddenly this jet flashes back. Twilight Zone stuff!

[@jasondinning4506]

What a truely incredible machine 🤩! Particularly when you think about how old it is!

[@nomidubidabi]

It's about 25 years old :)

[@kirotocatw1580]

Idk why but i find this really relaxing to listen to. Also i used to hear sounds like what you can hear while the 262 is in the air whenever i was on the verge of falling asleep when i was younger

[@thudable]

WOW, THAT REALLY PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE 😊. Love to see an old bird that's still airworthy. THANKS FOR POSTING

[@saito125]

Wonderful footage! It seems to be a bit unstable in the roll axis.

[@TXBeardedWarrior]

This is the icing on the cake! Saw this flight as a spectator on the ground and was super excited to see it fly!

[@nw8000]

WOW! this thing was made in the 40s and nothing has fell off it unlike the 737 Max...

[@PYROWORKSTV]

German vs American quality 👌

[@montymains6066]

⁠@@PYROWORKSTVironically, the me262 featured in this video isn’t German, it’s an American reproduction with General Electric engines. Look up the “me262 project”.

[@MrSchwabentier]

this was made in the 2000s by americans. So both of you are wrong :P

[@nw8000]

@@MrSchwabentier So they stolen the idea from the Germans, SHAME ON THE USA!

[@aidanppp]

That is jus the coolest thing ever. An airworthy ME262 from the cockpit in modern times. Thank you for sharing this.

[@death99ification]

Heyo Rick, I want to say thank you so much for uploading this video for us to watch. I was wondering if this is your bird or if you personally know the owner of the ME 262. I would very much like a recommendation on where to possibly find/source a BMW 003-E1 or E2 engine (assuming it's even possible) for a full size HE-162 build I am going to be starting in 2025. If not, I might have to downscale to 1/2 or 1/3 size

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@death99ification Your best option to source a BMW 003 engine is to have something that a museum will trade for if they have one in storage. I'm seeing about 15 BMW 003s worldwide, and some are cut open. There are probably a few more in dusty storage or private collections. Russia manufactured copies of the BMW 003 as the Klimov RD-20 if you have any Russian/Chinese contacts.

[@sbg911]

1943. Jet fighter. Swept wings. Aerodynamic bullet shape. Blended liftbody fuselage. Talk about ahead of its time...

[@indridcold8433]

Wow! The one that started it all! German engineering! I can not imagine allied air Corps seeing something this from their piston powered aircraft! The pilot of one of these must have been awe struck!

[@mikeycraig8970]

The Frank Whittle jet started it all. Not this.

[@vavra222]

@@mikeycraig8970 You know what he means, stop acting like youre 12 and your dad works in Nintendo. Germans made the 1st pretty much proper jet fighter, everybody else just stole their stuff and moved from that.

[@vavra222]

@@sam8742 Close 2nd, ill give you that, but still not the 1st one.

[@spannaspinna]

Heinkel HE 178 was the first flying jet

[@j.h.1328]

Well ... lets just say the He 178 started it . Pabst von Ohain developed the engine for it.@@mikeycraig8970

[@fw1421]

These 262 replicas are beautiful. Too bad they lost the wing jigs or there would be more of them. Looks like she’s light on the controls.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@fw1421 The project that built the new Me-262s intentionally limited them to five examples as a business decision. They would still have the jigs and data for any repairs.

[@bigmart932]

@@FiveCentsPleasewhy’d they do that? Manufactured scarcity?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@bigmart932 The limit was a guarantee to buyers that the planes would hold their value. And realistically there is a timeline and there were not going to be many customers for this type of aircraft.

[@bigmart932]

@@FiveCentsPlease Fair enough, looks radical.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@bigmart932 I think that they actually had trouble selling the last few. I remember Michael Dorn looking into buying one, but I don't think that he ever did.

[@eyeinthesky8779]

It's actually very rare and nice footage, thank you for sharing, I enjoyed watching it.

[@TheAirplaneDriver]

Love the yaw string. Best slip/skid indicator there is.

[@Weimaraner1]

Man muss die ME-262 wirklich mal live ansehen und drumherum gehen. Ist wirklich beeindruckend. Hier steht eine im Landesmuseum München.

[@davidmccann9811]

Imagine what it would have been like flying through a full bomber stream.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

262 pilots said it was too fast.

[@АндрейКуцый100летназад]

Could somebody explain me, why does he need to pull his nose up for so long after touch down? 15:24 Maybe to air brake the plane's speed (?) Correct me if I wrote something wrong (learning eng), especially for the last sentence :D

[@pwizzi1994]

Amazing footage, thank you for uploading this for others to experience. I notice you're using a yaw string? Does the 262 not have a yaw indicator?

[@thecomedypilot5894]

What is that yaw string and what is the purpose of it - what does it do?

[@johnhickman106]

@@thecomedypilot5894 It's exactly that, it shows yaw instead of having a turn/slip indicator or "ball." The yaw string was still being used on the U-2 into the late 90s/early 2000s.

[@thecomedypilot5894]

@@johnhickman106 Ah, I figured, thanks. That’s pretty cool. My airplane has the G1000s so I had no idea that a yaw string was even a thing.

[@MegaFPVFlyer]

@@thecomedypilot5894 Many small aircraft (including almost all gliders) still use them. Simple but effective!

[@13megaprime]

@@thecomedypilot5894 the first flight instrument ever invented was the yaw string, used by the wright brothers, still used to this day by glider pilots and some twin pilots, and jets in this instance. provides real and accurate data about the slipstream instantly and tell it to you while looking outside vs being an indoor pilot.

[@XKclassHater]

WW2 pilots when they first saw the Me262: "Oh god, oh fuck How is that Kraut plane going so fast? It has no propellers what is that thing!?"

[@Fuff63]

This buzzing around must have really unsettling for the old folks on the ground thinking that Germany was attacking again

[@JamesMorse54]

If you didn’t die during the refuelling process, those P-51’s would get ya during the glide home

[@TheMisterSpok]

It would be more authentic if the altimeter was in meters instead of feet. And the speedometer was in kph instead of knots. But, nevertheless, this is still amazing.

[@joseveintegenario-nisu1928]

A Me-262 flying over the Heart of Texas? Houston, you have a problem!

[@mr.iforgot3062]

This pilot is dangerous. Flying a dangerous aircraft.

[@Panzerfaust9161]

The sky’s got to know a new sound the day these first took flight.

[@bubbalo3388]

Not saying war is cool, but damn WW2 had the coolest stuff.

[@americansailor7967]

Love the string for yaw indication.

[@luizdejardin4432]

Who can imagine one day, see a german 262 flying over DC!!!

[@ThomasSchick]

…my ears thank you for not inserting Kenny Loggins: Danger Zone into this video …let the jet do the talking

[@alejandrodeferrari2604]

The Take Off was very scary and the weakest part for the Me 262 ....

[@imana3808]

Great to see people appreciating this and not hating on because it was an unlucky time period for the people who engineered it. Like the Russian planes, people hate on them because they are Russian. But that doesn’t mean anything. What matters is that they are all amazing on their own way

[@henningpieterjordan7416]

Im German...Love this nice bird...❤😊

[@LordGingerBerry]

I have a new appreciation for bubble canopies.

[@DerGluecklicheBlankeneser]

Perfect German efficiency in combination with reliability and craftmanship :-)

[@xwing8029]

What was the highest speed it has flown? It looks like this flight was no more than 300 knots.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@xwing8029 The FAA restricted the airspeed to 500 mph when they issued the airworthiness certificate. This was for safety concerns from wartime notes, and I don't know if that restriction has been revised since.

[@xwing8029]

I see, that is still pretty fast.

[@gorkarullan]

EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL ENGINES, THE STRUCTURE IS THE ORIGINAL. THE SOUND OF THE VIBRATION OF THE METAL IN THE AIR INTAKE OF THE TURBINE IS WONDERFUL.

[@Nate_935_]

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[@fn3048]

Except it isn't original at all. 100% replica aircraft - a batch of them were made PRECISELY to original . Only way we have a 262 flying today

[@paulferrara9079]

@@fn3048 yes 100% new build replica, they used an original Me 262 to copy from. The Willows Grove's old front gate static display Me 262 from WWII. Which is in Pensacola now if anyone wants to see it.

[@p00pie]

CAPS LOCK

[@j.h.1328]

I would not recommend the original engines ,since they had to replace them very often.

[@Hot1765]

That sound 😌😌 I could listen to it all day

[@Felix-cz8od]

Magnifique vidéo. Je n'avais jamais vu un vol de Me 262 de l'intérieur mais que des vidéos de l'extérieur. Quelle technologie de l'époque avec ses pilotes d'essais sur ces inovations sans compter le Horten IX, l'Arado B 234, JU 287.

[@jonkaminsky8382]

That altimeter gauge got a good workout during your flight!

[@ILSRWY4]

it also was sticking and lagging....

[@samuelmorado70]

People dont realize this took Hi-Octane fuel which im sure was in short supply late in 44. Looks like a gas guzzler too. I bet a 1.5 hour flight time. You were King of the sky in one of these. I believe a few were shot down. Not many .

[@igclapp]

It's a jet. It uses different fuel.

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

"As if angels were pushing"

[@troy5586]

Doesn’t get much more exclusive

[@boss2234]

If the Germans had been able to make the engines reliable for 300 more hours and been able to put 3000 of them with pilots in the air the war would have went on for at least 2 more years or until the bomb was completed. The lives that would have been lost. Unthinkable

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@boss2234 Paul Allen's museum has restored their original Me-262 for short flights with rebuilt Jumo turbines. It is not flying yet. The turbine shop in CA did say that they expect the rebuilt Jumo 004s to have TBO of around 300 hours.

[@tubewatcher3100]

Awesome first person view footage. I'd be interested to know if there were any modern day improvements to enhance flight handling characteristics aside from fixes to the original landing gear and engine designs (I am not a pilot so I can't tell from the visuals).

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@tubewatcher It is a new construction Me-262 with GE turbines. There were fixes to the landing gear, and modern brakes and instrumentation. New horizontal stab trim is used because an original unit could not be certified for flight. The GE's are mounted in replica nacelles for the original look and original weight and balance requirements. This Me-262 is not structurally improved or enhanced, so the same flight parameters apply. It is actually over-powered with the GE turbines, so reduced power settings are used to keep the same performance, with reserve performance available. The FAA restricted it to 500 mph over safety concerns from wartime notes.

[@Grandizer8989]

Who remembers the PC game Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe?

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Certainly do! Played it with the mouse when I was 14 because I couldn't afford a flight stick :)

[@sslavi]

What is that liquid released from the hatch in front of the windshield at 9:58 ?

[@Underwaystudios]

Good observation! To me, it looks and acts like water but why and from what I can't say. maybe from condensation and because of the rollover?

[@raidriar01]

These things must’ve been wild to fly in WWII

[@MFKR696]

The absolute madness of restoring something as needlessly complex as an ME-262 is astounding.

[@c.j.1089]

November 262, nice.

[@juliaforsyth8332]

My Dad at the end o the war remembers seeing one and was so excited. He was used to seeing 109's, Heinkels,etc but the Me-262 blew him away as he didn't really know what he was seeing.

[@ChosenWon]

Thank you for the upload.

[@kubanskiloewe]

seems a bit unstable.

[@johnzheznyakovskiy7514]

Wow, great video! That thing dutchrolls like crazy, also nice turn coordinator over there on the nose 😂

[@swyntopia]

That thread is essential for glider planes ! A yaw indicator. Just follow the thread !

[@GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

I heard the cockpit noise is pretty quiet, even without any hearing protection.

[@RP-ks6ly]

I volunteer at the Wings Over Houston Airshow every year, whenever this plan is flying, I stop what I am doing and watch it, amazing plane and technology

[@T4A4EV]

Sensational video, sensational aircraft, what a privilege to ride along with the pilot. Thank you so much for posting (and for not adding music which can be such a distraction).

[@OakInch]

Zero difference between this and me looking over the hood of my old V8 Delta 88 going down I-44. Exact same thing. Just needs some Iron Maiden on the stereo.

[@rayman4449]

Wow!!!! I just went for a ride in an ME-262! Thank you for sharing!

[@mirandela777]

Heavily modified M262, is just the shape of M262, inside almost everything is changed ( modernized). 9 of 10 for the view, and only 1 of 10 for the realism.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Just need a couple FW-190-Ds orbiting above with red-and-white undersides!

[@bergkatze7298]

Great!!!

[@dimitrisgiannatos9782]

Imagine by the end of the war, with no ressources, under 24/24 bombardments , in a cave , constructing those jewels. And being functional. Impossible !!

[@dennyliegerot4021]

An amazing part of aviation history...well done! Original engines or modern retrofit??

[@truekisoka]

probably a retrofit or a replica. Since the original engines would need replacement after less then 10 flight hours

[@minutemanmac]

It's a replica

[@210DRVR]

Around 100 Me 262s were claimed by Allied fighter pilots. There are no original Me 262s flying in the world today, but five reproduction 262s were built in the USA in the 1990s and early 2000s, of which four are currently airworthy.Jul 3, 2023

[@Cmoth040]

I lived 5 miles from Ellington Field and went to the Wings Over Houston Airshow every year until I moved away to college. My house has been torn down and there's a concrete business where it once was. I spent a lot of time in Ellington Field as a Civil Air Patrol cadet back in the mid-80's. Nice to the see the place again, especially through the cockpit of a 262. Thanks.

[@tylerwest4756]

Bad time to hit that time travel wormhole. One minute you’re showing KZbin the scenic view. Next minute you’re trying to escape the scenic view because you’re in an ME 262 in the worst possible time and place to possibly be in an ME 262

[@CapitanoAraym]

Germany was so advanced at the end of WW2 that they have already jets with some digital display.......... 🤣🤪 (Obviously joking, well aware the was probably needed to retrofit some modern flying device to be able to fly in today ATC controlled airspace )😉

[@holgerx541]

That's crazy cool. At first I thought it's just lazy CGI. BUT: considering the 4:3 ration vid I guess it was recorded quite some time ago.

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

Not only is this clip fun to watch, the hidden secret is that if you suffer from Tinnitus, (ear ringing) you will get relief if you watch this with headphones!

[@doktorstrangelove6187]

Please don't fly the ME-262 over England. It might freak them out! 😵‍💫

[@CSAFD]

If tom cruise's p51 mustang he owns was 1.4million, i wonder how much an ME-262 would cost?

[@jakemocci3953]

I would think I’d been drugged if I saw an ME-262 fly overhead.

[@w_elder2199]

wow LED speedometer in cockpit, germans really were at another level... i wonder where's HUD tho

[@memadmax69]

"Shes very pretty major, but can she dogfight?" =P

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

...but we couldn't even keep a _single_ Concorde operational?! 😪

[@geoffreyshelley4882]

.... you would only see this out of HouTown. Was it Adolf Galland, 'we are again masters of the sky!' ?

[@princepsbellum3413]

"What do you mean I have to remove the MK 108's??? I thought this was America?"