ME-262 Startup!!

[@madbager1]

Anybody else seen me109 with a different tail and jet engines lol so cool

[@dganschow]

The Schwalbe. Always loved the look of this plane. Reminds me of a shark. Cool that there is a flying one in the US.

[@madbager1]

There are multiples flying around the US pretty crazy

[@pakkelly]

Mindblowing! As if the F-100, Mig 15, Mig-19, Gnat, and A-4 were not exotic enough…now you showcase a Me-262. Incredible! Thanks for the surprise.

[@JetJerod]

Glad you enjoyed it! Quite a collection here! All of the volunteers along with the 2 organizations have worked hard for years to preserve these beautiful aircraft

[@The_Plastic_Ape]

@@JetJerod You guys are doing great work.

[@The_Plastic_Ape]

Holey Moley, an ME-262, amazing.

[@ZacYates]

This is awesome dude, what an experience!! And how cool would it be to see a full aero display…wow!

[@pakkelly]

So many questions! Replica airframe? Modern engines?

[@NX524CF]

It is a new build airframe. The aircraft at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola was used as a pattern. So the airframe and landing gear are built as an original 262 was. The engines are GE CJ610-8A’s.

[@DieselThunderAviation]

Yes, this is a reproduction aircraft, built by the Me-262 project. About the only deviation from an original 262's is that she has modern engines (GE CJ-610), a somewhat modern instrument panel. and the electrical/communication/navigation system is modern. Everything else is just how the originals were built, even down to the gear doors being made from wood instead of aluminum. Fuel tank layout and capacity is the same too. Even with the modern engines, the endurance and thrust output is about the same.

[@SIXPACFISH]

I was wondering why they were still working on the lights. But going to the different lights and having to rewire them is more time consuming than changing to the shorter bulbs and electronic ballasts.

[@flyingwithking]

At some point in the past month or so, about 1/3 of the hangars lights (a very weird shaped section) straight up died. This is what has led to some rewiring and setting the new lights up to minimize the sheer number of switches to turn the whole hangars lights on…

[@jondrew55]

Man those Germans could sure put together a modern cockpit! jk. It's great to see these old birds preserved and more importantly flown.

[@JetJerod]

@@jondrew55 😂