Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" - First Flight Over Berlin after 61 Years, Historical Footage!

Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" - First Flight Over Berlin after 61 Years at the ILA Berlin Airshow 2006. Flown by EADS Chief Test Pilot Wolfgang Schirdewahn.

[@knightflightvideo]

Watch more videos of this event or by other airshows on the playlists of my channel below. Messerschmitt: kzbin.info/aero/PL_kDcX2_3upoFD72l9jlCI0mHjxfbtZ69 Warbirds: kzbin.info/aero/PL_kDcX2_3upoq5qHhsAxNXMiIuSCtOl_V Hangar 10: kzbin.info/aero/PL_kDcX2_3upoEavcA1EWAHRzMmIG6CB8K Spitfire: kzbin.info/aero/PL_kDcX2_3upoWC3ftQ-dNfj6_cjXCxVvF Airshows: kzbin.info/aero/PL_kDcX2_3upoq5qHhsAxNXMiIuSCtOl_V

[@BlueWolf-zm3rg]

KNIGHT FLIGHT VIDEO lol how can u not like a me262 the worlds 2nd jet fighter after the me163

[@knightflightvideo]

@@BlueWolf-zm3rg The Me 163 was the first ROCKET fighter. The Me 262 was the first JET fighter. ;-)

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

It is too bad that this is just a replica though. But I suppose the originals were all destroyed in post-war tests

[@Ken-ks7wz]

​@@ranekeisenkralle8265, the Air Force Museum has one, but like all surviving Me-262's, it is not airworthy due to the junk metal it iwas made from, which rapidly deteriorated.

[@jacksonsmith4514]

@@ranekeisenkralle8265 NAS Pensacola has a 2 seater trainer in the museum

[@wyattwalker3868]

Pilot takes off Announcer: "And now he will make a low pass over the airfield" Pilot turns west towards Paris

[@caula1815]

*shoots down civilian aircrafts*

[@samson9535]

The French aren't laughing but I am!!!

[@bebopalloobop]

CLARRRKSONNN!!!

[@yahyamuhaimin3268]

Hans have to finish order

[@MemeReviewer]

@@caula1815 lol you mean AIRCRAFT

[@tiziokcaiok3110]

80 years later, this aircraft is still able to amaze the world.

[@indridcold8433]

There have been a few manufactured new, in recent times, as well. I am not sure if any design issues were addressed, or not. It is likely the throttle issue was addressed.

[@helicorreia4851]

Yes. I think at that time this was something almost alien.

[@historicmilitaria1944]

This is one of 5 replicas, back in 2006 this was a brand new aircraft,not s period original

[@indridcold8433]

​@@historicmilitaria1944 Yes. I believe the serial numbers were still continued from the original run, though. That is amazing to me.

[@philippbohland2420]

​@@helicorreia4851 I think one reason for this fascination is that it was the first of its kind. The first practical, mass produced, jet powered fighter aircraft.

[@Bountyhunter23284]

The first assault rifle, the first jetfighter, first ballistic long range rockets, high tecnology developments. Germany is really special. The design of this after 100 years later is still modern and nothing older.😳😵🤯

[@wolfgagger]

lol not even 100 years but okay

[@DaSniper406]

The Assault rifle is disputed as there were other rifles before it as the Federov Auptomov was made right after ww1 and it hasn’t been 100 years after ww2 yet

[@intriguingfacts5434]

Stg. 44...isn't a cutting edge technology...it's essentially a new concept.....just an automatic rifle with less powerful rifle round. US already had BAR since WW1 and Germany also made automatic FG-42 with full power rounds before Stg 44. Assault rifle = compact, lighter and less powerful version of battle rifle

[@jamescherry8482]

The first liquid-fueled rockets were made by Robert Goddard - the Germans just scaled it up and put a warhead on it. They still couldn't hit anything reliably with it. It wound up as an extremely expensive way of putting a small warhead somewhere in the vicinity of London, never managing to hit a single militarily-useful target. Unmanned planes were also a well-known technology - the Germans just put a bomb on it, in response to the fact British airspace was far too hazardous for manned bombing missions.

[@evgenidimitrov9703]

@@jamescherry8482 are you serious?! I'm sure, US government back in 1945, "imported" all German rocket scientists they could put their hands on and put them to work (some of them as a head of the program) on the US rocket program, just because Germans were good at copying ... Come back to the reality.

[@reaperelecti490]

In a world of piston engines. I can only imagine how everyone felt the first time they've experienced this beautifully terrifying sky shark

[@markewings7525]

Sky shark is a brilliant name for it

[@alias_aka_alias]

@@markewings7525 Didnt the Americans name one of their Turboprop planes Skyshark? A2D or something like that.

[@hypedpanther6464]

@@markewings7525 Here's a name for it: "morbidly obese"

[@AuroranMinistryofPropaganda]

Spitfire pilot "FUCK I GO TUPTIERED AGAIN!!!!"

[@bobuboi4643]

@@AuroranMinistryofPropaganda *me 262 fires* *DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM* *ping* *aircraft destroyed*

[@marcysss93]

It is amazing. Imagine if you saw this live in 1944... out of this world.

[@cielweiss8288]

Linear_Dreams I think the word you’re looking for is shredded. 262s had 30mm cannons mostly armed with explosive rounds.

[@northerntier87]

Goes to HQ commanders office sir I s!@# myself you won't believe the craft I saw.

[@harrisoncarter5969]

Lost_Dreams Dan O'Connell's Me 262 Production log lists the fate of 1200 of the roughly 1500 Me 262s produced. It's the best information available. Anyone with a spare day to trawl through the book could compile an accurate list of Me 262s shot down.

[@henrikknudsen8125]

@@Ethan-vj5mt unless your name is chuck

[@oscarcraven8696]

REAL “medicinal” A-10 warthog moment

[@majortom6351]

As a retired German F-4 Phantom Pilot im dreaming of getting the chance to take a ride on this awesome jetfighter. What a beautiful machine!

[@bradleysanders5858]

Sounds to an old F4 WSO.

[@eroche12]

oh yes i can imagine..i wish they had the dornier 334 flying as well

[@Gabriel-mh5ln]

Thank you for your service. Have you ever considered entering commercial aviation?

[@tuckrex2038]

thank you for your service buddy! the world is now a better place because of you!

[@warrenash5370]

Did you ever serve at George AFB in Victorville, Ca? We had a training squadron of Germans there flying the F4-E.

[@zsoltpapp3363]

Its crazy that this kind of technology was developed just about 30 years after the first airplane made its maiden flight, a couple of hundred feet. And these maschines were flying 800 km/h, wars really speed up the development of technology

[@vagnerlivre8697]

Mau necessário. A experiência de todo conflito, traz alguma coisa construtiva.

[@TheBunnyBashers]

Necessity is the mother of invention

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

The space race evolved from the militaristic potential of reverse engineered V-2s turned basis for ICBMs in Russia turned basis for ICBM launched satellites to spy on anything, which turned into the USA landing on the moon to prove USA technology is superior, join the winning side undecided nations of the world!

[@rolexomegaspecialist9411]

@@TheBunnyBashers Funny how much of the 3rd world can't get out of the 18th century, regardless of necessity. - Some cultures...produce brilliance.

[@user-ir2fu4cx6p]

This is the result of using reason and science first, above all, I wish this mentality still existing today.

[@wideputin19]

It took me awhile to appreciate the true beauty of the Messerschmitt 262.

[@silasfatchett7380]

With me it was instant.

[@JW-zx5dr]

I used to hate it’s design, but have grown to really like it in recent years

[@MaartenvanHeek]

It has such a cute face.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I still wonder what those first Allied pilots thought. "Those are huge guns, where the hell's the propeller?"

[@mightyirish]

Tex Johnston's memoirs have stories like that: he was testing early US jet planes and had some fun surprising the pilots of prop planes. He'd join up on them unawares, and once they noticed his lack of propeller, he'd tip his bowler hat(!) and accelerate past them.

[@norwayitalo]

or WTF just flew over my head now

[@dirtbikerswe1979]

@Ville Hannula Though germany ww2 pilot Hans Guido Mutke clamied he broke sound barrier 1945 in an Me 262. He didnt clamied he was first, just he said he broke the sound barrier 1945, 2 years before Chuck Yeager.

[@josephbarone428]

My father, a B-17 engine mechanic, told me that the crews he met, who first came across the ME262, had no idea what hit them. They were just in shock.

[@bigmeme8464]

@Ville Hannula Chuck Yeager was a badass mate

[@Bodhi594]

Must have been so bizarre for soldiers on the ground when witnessing this plane for the first time. No piston's sound, no propeller.

[@bruceburton9264]

forget the ground forces. Imagine what the allied pilots thought with one of those on their tail?

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Not on their tail for long...4x30mm cannon and 100 mph faster!

[@therealniksongs]

Also not on tail for long because they were so short on fuel. Most of the 262s that were destroyed were destroyed on the ground, or just as they were taking off or landing, because in the air nothing could touch it.

[@SchwazeGarde]

I can tell you excatly how it was, my grandpa was flying on a spy-plane during WWII and he told me how it was to see a 262 for the first time. Basicly they couldn`t belive (that`s how he told me) that there were flames comeing out of the engines and it didn`t explode. They were totally stunned by seeing it rising in the air, and the gruesome noise it was making. They really had the hope that this plane would be able to stop the british and american bombers.

[@Sundara229]

The Brits had the Gloster Meteor so they were pretty familiar with that.

[@jamesburris4078]

For being the first to see combat, and for being such an old design, the Me-262 is still one of the most beautiful aircraft to ever fly... As Galland said; it was as if being pushed forth by angels.

[@WildEdits08]

However if t had a lot of flaws it was very wobbly when flying and was hard to control

[@autova6205]

I don't know how true this, but I've read average engine life was 8 hours. That would place crippling demands on a resource depleted supply chain.

[@sandozpop6017]

jb - Menachem Begin said...

[@Super_Tristan1005]

@@autova6205 part of that was deliberate sabotage by the slave laborers that were tasked with putting these engines together. (just like the problems with V2 engines not firing or exploding on ignition) Germany was not only out of resources, but also out of skilled labour. So the few people left who knew how to build jet engines had to instruct forced labourers on how to do it.

[@atif1538]

@@autova6205 considering germany didnt have much access to quality resources nor the time to actually refine the engine, i find 8 hours still quite much lmao.

[@slavabtomat]

This aircraft was built during a time of the war when strategic metals were becoming more scarce. The “hot” part of the engines in a jet require some very exotic metals in order to work correctly and not melt. The compressors have to be built to very tight tolerances to maintain balance and not tear themselves apart. Keep in mind that the German factories were bombed to bits and most of the manufacturing was moved underground in caves. Due to the engines being made out of subpar materials, they only had about 25 hours of flight time before they would need overhaul and/or replacement. That the Germans were able to do any of this at that point in the war shows their resourcefulness and amazing engineering talents.

[@realname5332]

Did you happen to read “A Higher Call” by Adam Makos?

[@Mfields4517]

Also the Chinese are developing native jet engines with similar time between maintenance. Even after seeing so many examples from the Russians , Europeans, Americans, Japanese. They cannot match the service times even today in peacetime

[@adrienperie6119]

Got any sources for that 25 hour overhaul time ? I had read the Jumo 004's had a 100 hour run time before they had to be rebuilt.

[@therealmeik]

@@adrienperie6119 source: it came to me in a dream

[@adrienperie6119]

@@therealmeik Really ? All I get in dreams is either shit I don't remember or zombie apocalypse adventures where it goes from the beginning where we run away and it generally ends up with living in some sort of camp with scientists that try and find a cure, and then we get attacked, lots of blood and civilization gets rebuilt somehow.

[@aXemRanger1]

My grandfather, an American in his 90s now, was drafted by the US Army in WW2 and was deployed in Europe after the D-Day invasions as an infantryman in the 87th Infantry Division. After fighting across France and nearing the German border, logistics became a huge problem. His division was running low on rations, ammunition, etc.and his company in particular ran out of anti-tank weaponry. Just prior to the major German advance in Belgium (Battle of the Bulge), my grandfather's company was overtaken by a group of panzers. Without any any anti-tank weaponry, they were forced to surrender to the Germans. My grandfather told me that Allied victory and liberation seemed inevitable and even their German captors felt this. In fact, the Germans seemed more relieved that the horrible war was ending rather than being upset that Germany was about to lose. They were quite friendly towards my grandfather and the other Allied POWs. Fortunately his captors were regular German soldiers/tank commanders who didn't give a shit about Nazi ideology and just wanted a peaceful, normal life like anyone else (if his captors were part of the SS, who knows what would have happened to my grandfather). However, one day, these never before seen machines came screaming across the sky. Nobody, neither Allied or German, had ever seen a jet plane before. They just saw these things making an alien noise while moving from one end of the horizon to the other in what seemed like seconds. Everyone, including my grandfather and his German captors, thought the Germans had some kind of machine that was going to change the tide of the war in the Germans' favor and that the war would go on for much, much longer. They had all witnessed v1 and v2 rockets in previous months but my grandfather said these were much more frightening because they seemed incredibly advanced and capable of not just hitting English cities (like the v1 and v2s did) but had the potential of retaking control of the skies over Europe and turning the war in the Germans' favor. Fortunately that wasn't the case but hearing him talk about it was crazy considering he was one of the earliest witnesses of jet engine planes without even knowing it. He was telling me this while eating a banana in a golf cart while we were waiting for our turn at the first tee. What a crazy generation.

[@rudolfhoedl8099]

aXe m I have

[@rudolfhoedl8099]

aXe m sawa

[@Kotstulle81]

Great Story mate. Greetings from Germany.

[@jduff59]

Nazi members were a small minority in Germany, but the average German got classified as a Nazi after the war. We know different, my Dad was there during and after the war. People are finally learning the truth.

[@jacopochiefjaco123]

No. The entire country was behind the regime. No significant resistance group existed, only isolated members. This revisionism shall stop. Evil can be banal, germans allowed their country to committ atrocities, the rest of Europe either turned their heads away or did the same. We should learn from the past, not saying "it was just a minority". I know this way it's scarier, but it is also true.

[@bushmanPMRR]

Even as an Englishman I find this aeroplane simply stunning in both looks as well as potential.

[@ivanjulian2532]

The term "game changer" is often overused, but in the case of the 262 it truly was a game changer.

[@rogerwilliamson7161]

Daumen hoch für die Messerschmitt Stiftung!

[@ronalddunne3413]

What an honor to be chosen to fly the jet of their fathers and grandfathers! A truly pioneering aircraft... I have talked to US soldiers who upon entering Germany in early 1945, saw aircraft such as this lined up on airfields, grounded due to lack of fuel to fly them... gives the hit on Ploesti real meaning.

[@christianriddler5063]

Funny, here in Sweden, the military still uses the MG42 (modified). The Germans were incredible at developing new technologies. To think that a machine gun that was designed in the 1940s is still in use and produced today should tell you how high the quality of German engineering really is.

[@alanrobinson4318]

Don't knock the Browning A1-50cal., US from the early 1900's that's still in use today.

[@NotNicot]

A lot of guns used in the XXth century are still in use today (with modifications)

[@gdfggggg]

I dunno my 10yo bmw 530 was an absolute bag of crap.

[@crimeon1782]

I honestly don’t see how some country’s won’t use the MG42, it can so the same amount of damage as any Law, pkp, maybe with modern scopes and attachments, it can still be deadly

[@lawmover8400]

@@alanrobinson4318 wannabe a german?

[@AvaToyShow]

Beautiful aircraft and the nose wheel gives it that extra elegance on the ground.

[@flycatchful]

The nose wheel assembly was a major problem because of its high failure rate.

[@Wavey1988]

They tried it with a tail wheel first but the engines tore up the runways

[@reconnaissance7372]

@@flycatchful I was going to say, I'm super into Aviation and would like to get a private pilots license one day and definitely notice that not being able to land on the Tail in such a heavy fighter would be very uncomfortable trying to get your airspeed perfect for a smooth landing, Whoever is piloting this would be a pretty damn great pilot that's for sure.

[@siegfried2k4]

@EJ H For her video “TOY ELSA LUFTWAFFE ACE ME 262 FUN!”

[@we_love_animals8160]

Reminds me of big shark

[@paulredhead8603]

In my humble opinion, this absolutely marvellous piece of engineering beauty, is matched only by the purity of Concorde.

[@ashman4827]

Can't believe this was designed and built back in the 40s. What a beauty. Masterpiece ahead of it's time....

[@bageled_meme9867]

The Me 262, is a relic of German Genius. The first jet-fighter. Although under Nazi control, I have major respect for the ingenuity of this plane.

[@silvergtotwinturbo9984]

@flip inheck Looking for the very same comment I was going to make.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

The Messerschmitt Me-262 was the first operational jet fighter introduced in military service and the first shoot down an enemy plane.

[@xx_lightning_xx5781]

@flip inheck no the gloster meteor Come 2 mouth after the me 262 to destroy V-1

[@scorchclasstitan6727]

Xx_LighNing_xX nope it didn’t even get deployed in time the war was over XD

[@maxchangarrido7841]

@@scorchclasstitan6727 bc they were afraid germans would copy the superior rolls royce engine. They were operational in 1943

[@p1colo79]

You can say what you want about the Germans back then, but under the unpredictable pressure of war against the world to create these incredible developments makes them a unique nation.

[@kyle857]

umm, no. Every country made massive technical advances during the war.

[@zulu47]

And it took every country to stop them!

[@tomgun1536]

@@LKalyuzhny and thats a bad thing?

[@clientsname2933]

@@kyle857 name me one *RELIABLE* assault rifle not even slightly based off of the STG-44's design. and no, the federov avtoshite does not count. it was garbage.

[@shadowdancerRFW]

@@kyle857 Stop being jealous, some guy. Germans were years ahead of ANY other nation in WW2.

[@davidc6510]

German engineers did some amazing work in the capability of aircraft development. This is such a historical amazing achievement!

[@pavelsokol_off393]

Да, немцы очень талантливые и умные люди. Во время войны много прорывных технологий открыли и воплотили их. Это видео пример воплощение этих технологий. Жаль лишь что война была такой долгой и такой ужасной, особенно для СССР

[@chrisl7902]

Bit of real history... My grandfather was an ME262 pilot during WW2. He was shot down on Christmas Day 1944 over Holland by a Canadian Spitfire pilot. My dad only discovered what happened to him through a chance Google search on his father's name. Turns out the encounter had been documented in a book, and detailed on a web page dedicated to model aircraft enthusiasts. For over 55 years my father had no idea what had happened to his own father. Random or what?

[@cosmo4698]

Chris L really interesting.

[@chasbranson6905]

At least he did find this out in the end.

[@nolanorvold4442]

As a Canadian whose family came from Germany I don't know which side to be on

[@tripwire3992]

Nice

[@joshcasey5140]

@Chris L: My hat's off to the gentleman(your grandfather) I SO JEALOUS!! ^_____^

[@KMN-bg3yu]

Imagine being in the first allied bomber to be engaged by a 262. What a shock

[@Javier-1399]

There's a video of it. Just search: me 262 first view. They said things like: what the hell was that

[@moviereviews541]

I read in a book once about when fighter pilots first encountered the ME262 and they all kept asking each other "what the hell is that?" They also talked about how it was able to shoot down planes and speed away too fast to engage, they were confused and amazed at the same time. I can't even imagine seeing something like that, how alien it must have been to them all.

[@wieslawszypniewski6954]

Rather ATTACKED BY ME 262, engage you may a girl :)

[@tomwolak3362]

Ive seen videos of 8th air force bomber crews who saw the first 262s .They just said WHAT TGE HELL WAS THAT.

[@bkjeong4302]

Given that this thing was mostly used in a bomber interceptor role (where it did well for itself considering how badly outnumbered it was), they probably got used to it quickly.

[@TheLarix]

Thanks for filming these unique footage. There are only a few such aircraft left in the world, and to fly... it's a rarity. Thank you for letting me enjoy these wonderful footage of a piece of history.

[@jamesburris4078]

She is a beautiful lady ain't she?

[@nateoverthehorizon1176]

I think this is a reproduction ME 262 that used General Electric jet engines for reliability

[@chrisshorten4406]

Even with the oversized engines, the ME-262 is a beautiful and sleek aircraft, almost organic in form.

[@jasonargone5993]

Of all the airplanes that were ever built, the ME262 has got to be one of the most beautiful designs.

[@tortugabob]

Jason have you ever seen photos of Horton Ho 229 or the Focke Wulf Ta-183? The Horton jet was the basis for stealth technology in the B-2 and you can see where the MiG-15 and F-86 came from when you look at the Ta-183. More advanced German designs can be seen at www.Luft46.com

[@demanischaffer]

tortugabob The 229 was NOT the basis for the B2, the only thing they share is the fact they're both flying wing designs

[@blaster112]

TheReal Lifehacks yes but the germans noted the 229 had a very small radar signature, which is why the B2 was eventually designed to be a flying wing as well as the Americans did get that German research on the plane. So in a way the 229 led to the design of the B2.

[@opoxious1592]

Blaster in well informed, you obviously not. just the facts, and no BULLSHIT!!!

[@g.bailey4246]

Almost everything the Germans designed was beautiful and menacing.

[@gokublack4211]

Germans had the most badass engineers.. To make a MG42 was so new, then the Tiger Tank, then the 1St assault rifle the StG 44 .. And pretty much the top tier Planes, even submarines were top class.. Damnn

[@fedex4real92]

Why Germany did make a assault rifle it was not the first it was the first to take off as the Russians in the First World War made the Fedorov avtomat.

[@Anto84542]

Fedex4Real...wrong.

[@PpunktP]

And not just in the war business

[@steffenrosmus1864]

Stg 43 was the first Greman assault rifle

[@mariogarciaperez7211]

_Randomness _ please look up the 21 class submarine.

[@genius4483]

On the ILA in 2006 I saw the ME-262 first time real in action..that was a incredible moment of my life..

[@twolak1972]

Magnificent german engineering..the Me262, MG 42, Tiger tank. ME109, fw190, TA152. Nothing beats german engineering.

[@mriankarim]

it's an honour to see this awesome historical fighter from the Luftwaffe roaring in the sky over Europe after nearly 60 years...thank you for posting this video

[@knightflightvideo]

Thanks for watching and sub my channel! :-)

[@newhuskytwenty]

Yes, after the Jewish victory and Europe's desintegration.

[@sandwich506]

rusfian karim honor*

[@Orbitalresonancefrequencies]

c431inf 11b By that logic would it be honorable to watch a B-29 fly? It did drop the first atomic bomb after all,killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.

[@MegaKaiser45]

Reality: Germany developed great technology by providing a good budget to scientists for research. The History Channel: aLiEnS hELpEd GeRmANy.

[@guestuser1671]

Wait, for real? My grandfather was an engineer and worked on the V2 project in Peenemünde, there were definitely no aliens involved there! (and yes, my family has proof even though most of the V2 project is still classified)

[@benjackson7872]

Lol!

[@floriang7435]

Germans helped aliens

[@MrMotoMojo]

They also had the market cornered on quantum physicists. They were already envisioning orbital space weapons/space stations and experimenting with exotic propulsion systems if Dr Joseph Farrel's research is correct.

[@williamholdstrom1879]

Reality: Germany developed great technology by having an inherent genius. Africa could provide a good budget for scientists all they want, but all they'll invent is new ways to use poop in building.

[@Icodehotgarbage]

It's no wonder Germany lost the war. Every time they went to start their engines, there was an advertisement.

[@roelmartinvandervelde9407]

And the English commentator revealing every move in advance.

[@tarasbulba3190]

😅😅😅😅👍

[@tarasbulba3190]

Probably the most bad ass looking fighter of WWII imo!

[@simohenrik1860]

Firefox + Ad naeuseum = 2021

[@clementevaldez1271]

Oooohhh....it flew as if angels were pushing !!!!!....,never have I seen something so graceful and elegant...respect for ALL who have flown them in peace and in combat...

[@biurokonto1769]

In my opinion Me 262 was and still is the most beautiful jet fighter ever built. It`s a kind of piece of art joined with deadly weapon into still stunning beauty.

[@khemararab2833]

Yotb

[@hitlerssecondcoming2523]

I think the F-35 looks and performs far better. Or the meteor if your going for the same age.

[@jorge8596]

Sukhois are the most beautiful fighters imo

[@kristijanmedved6066]

Ho229 is the king of looks

[@joshcasey5140]

ONE, of the most beautiful. Check out the Reggiane 2005.

[@cgpyper7536]

That old girl does NOT mess around. Obviously, she can still fly ... and FAST!!!

[@wartberg111]

Was für eine Legende! Einfach nur wunderschön!

[@captainrex4403]

Imagine having been one of the first few to hear a jet engine for the first time flying over you in WW2.

[@BadRonald1]

My father fought in this war. He lost a lot of friends and only suffered a few minor wounds. He brought back a German Luger and a Walther-designed P38. Very cool to look at. The stories he told real bazaar. Completely different time. I'm proud of him and the ol guy is still living good at 93 soon to be 94. I hope I last as long as he does. He a great guy.

[@EngelinZivilBO]

Yeah we also have some trophys at home from some allied soldiers. So much history behind, it's amazing.

[@noahh914]

2 years ago I was in a local glider plane club here in Germany and one day an old member visited the airfield. Somebody told me that he flew the Bf 109 during the last months of WW2. I couldn't really imagine that because this time seemed so far away from today. Actually I didn't talk to him because he still seemed so untouchable, like a time traveller, I had too much respect to say anything but hello.. I just watched him the whole time talking to other members and tried to imagine how he looked like and what he has probably experienced. I think he passed last year. It was the first and probably last time I knowingly met a veteran.

[@paulcateiii]

beautiful aircraft ahead of it's time

[@Wanderer628]

Dean Food attempt Dean but you can't use logic and facts of Wehraboos.

[@gufo_tave]

The Meteor was more or less, contemporary to the 262, and 4 YP80 were took in Europe, 2 in England, 2 in Italy. The common myth of the Germans being the only one to have jet fighters in WWII is quite inaccurate.

[@dom3827]

Germans stilll had the first working jet engine and the first working jet plane. Just the britians were able to compete at this time because Whittle experimented with jet engines at the same time. Ohain was just faster thats why germany was first. The british followed. Also interviews of british aircraft veterans proof that when they say like when they first saw this machine they could not tell what it is etc. So it was pretty much nearly a decade ahead of its time. Even if other nations had jet engine developement, too at the same time, they were less successfull and not as fast. Its just the same situation with Zuse. Americans think they invented everything and specially the PC bnut in fact it was conrad zuse with the first electromechanical computing machine using binarys. Pretty much almost a decade before eniac came. ENIAC is the first fully electric computer. But not the first. Things patriotic americans like to get wrong.

[@Zerfix_]

Dean the germans had some other Things to like the ho229 and me163;)btw the 262 is beautiful aircraft,How Good it Was i Dont care but its so Good looking!

[@r.j.dunnill1465]

The British and Americans were ahead in jet engine technology by war's end. It took a British engine to make the MiG-15 work.

[@Warbird-Aviation]

Dieses Flugzeug sieht für das Alter immer noch sehr modern aus!

[@whiplash8277]

What a gorgeous aircraft! ME 262 was pure brilliance from Messerschmidt.

[@Zakalwe-01]

So elegant and menacing.

[@mayamanign]

Most German weaponry had an "elegant lethality"

[@gokublack4211]

*cough cough* .. MG42

[@LarsBahner]

This video gives me goose bumps. I remember reading about Allied Forces meeting this fighter and the fear it instilled. A magnificent airplane.

[@TheCanalZone]

I saw an interview with a retired US pilot and when they saw the first ME 262 they said they didn't even know what it was. They said it was traveling so fast, their squadron must have looked like weather balloons to the 262 pilot.

[@mbrowshan]

Amazing technology back in the day. Beautiful design and practicality along with awesome speed and weaponry! Wonder what The Red Baron from WW I would have thought of this plane? I think he might have liked it.

[@ari4681]

Nice video ! Thanks to the uploader.

[@slayy_lyvia888]

adolf galland: " it felt like i was being pushed along by angels". lol

[@pac1fic055]

johnnymarv1 - verbatim

[@jobadvbl]

Kascio GG Als wenn ein Engel schiebt...

[@s.r.7477]

Armando Sturzenegger just shut up, you idiot

[@andrewboyles3434]

johnnymarv1 i

[@panzerl1ed968]

dont mind people like that,merely people seeking attention through usage of profane language.

[@arifcso6633]

"How are they flying faster without propeller!?" -US air force

[@stonksrgud7645]

XD

[@stonksrgud7645]

Also us airforce: "how do they have so much firepower if their guns arent sticking out of the plane"

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

@@stonksrgud7645 Yes, right before they shot them down with P47s and P 51s.

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

Yes, right before they shot them down with P47s and P 51s.

[@scorchclasstitan6727]

Chris .Appel the P-47 and P-51 existing and being used in 1944? HAHAH nice joke

[@stevenewman1393]

😎👍Very cool and very awesome and spectacular indeed on seeing the worlds first true jet fighter the Me262 in actual flight indeed!,👌.

[@kampfoppa9961]

Herrlich , danke fürs Video.

[@extremistcontent1337]

Imagine seeing that in WW2 when you didnt even know what a jet engine was.

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Wicked

[@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059]

That's gnarly

[@thatoneguy7451]

"what the fuck how is that thing using the sound of air to fly"

[@hypedpanther6464]

The British: "Hey Nigel, those Jerries copied us!"

[@luftwaffe1810]

"Oh shit here we go again"

[@norbertzznagy]

Genious! It was the world's First operational jet-powered fighter aircraft.

[@neboskii8756]

I can’t help but admire how the canopy opening is so satisfying. ^’u’^

[@696969640]

thank you for this pure gold

[@VMBproduction]

Wahnsinn, über 4 Millionen Aufrufe!!!! Ein fantastische Beurkundung für Deine super schöne Arbeit, mein Freund! Respekt und mach bitte weiter so, Olli!!!!!!

[@knightflightvideo]

Vielen Dank für deine netten Worte, Volker! Habe es selbst nicht für möglich gehalten dass das Video so großen Zuspruch erhält. :)

[@LesG_DerFlugsektor]

Ich fliege die Me262 als Simulation ja selber und muss sagen dass ist ein schwer beeindruckendes Flugzeug. Kaum vorstellbar dass so eine technische Konzeption zu dieser Zeit so umsetzbar gewesen ist. Aber sie ist dann irgendwann tatsächlich geflogen und ist unbestreitbar ein technischer Meilenstein in der Geschichte der Luftfahrt.

[@cyberpimp29]

Absolutely incredible! What an amazing aircraft for a time of prop planes. Whomever recorded and posted this, much thanks and gratitude...

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+cyberpimp29 That one is a new-build Me-262. A fully restored WW2 original is testing for flight in the US with slightly improved engines, but the testing and flights are on hold at this time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIHEq6h8hr94adE

[@PHX76]

It's really great to see Me 262 flying. What an absolute beast

[@mirola73]

Clever cookies those Germans, miles ahead of others at the time.

[@deaddog5344]

What did he do?

[@oron61]

A lot of desperation propelled them so much further forward than everyone else. We were thinking about night-vision scopes on a backpack, jet engine planes and machine carbines (assault rifles), and saw a logistical nightmare. The Germans saw opportunity.

[@dulls8475]

I disagree. They were miles behind on things that really mattered. Things like Radar, Huff Duff and intelligence gathering (Ultra) etc. They never made a heavy bomber that mattered. There production lines were inefficient compared to the allies. Finally they were behind on the atom bomb.

[@frankanderson5012]

dulls I agree with you. History seems to have glamorised German technology of the war. Don’t get me wrong, they had some great innovations, but as dull correctly pointed out so did the allies and there was even more than mentioned. If you look at this aircraft and the engine it used - the British also considered the design type but rejected it due to the technology at the time making it inefficient, giving it a very short life span not making it practical whereas the British engine lasted months before an overhaul the one used in this aircraft lasted hours and then basically was destroyed. The British were also only months behind the Germans in their jet development and that was despite the neglected interest and funding. Again though the Germans were ahead in many area including the airframe.

[@alexandrelira8679]

@@dulls8475 Butthurt and jealous...

[@cab6273]

And it still looks great today.

[@victorcontreras9138]

Wonderful plane! Though I'm Mexican, I am very proud to have a German aunt through marriage. This jet is just one example of their brilliant minds. What impressed me is that it's not so damn noisy even on takeoff!

[@jipe4509]

Seventy five years later ... always modern design.

[@brucestorey3400]

Correct. Beautiful aircraft, even today. A generation ahead, and mostly ready for combat in 1942/43, but delayed because Mr H. wanted them used as bombers not fighters. A decision that helped speed the Allies liberation of Europe from Mr H's tyranny.

[@beurteilung713]

@@brucestorey3400 Um no buddy. This is history channel level shit. The ME 262 in no way would have changed the war. Germany had very little oil, so planes and ground vehicles had to run with very low fuel reserves as early as 1943. Wunderwaffe cannot turn a war. Manpower, resources, and logistics can.

[@Kaldisti]

@@beurteilung713 The main problem was also the short lifetime of the turbojets, which has been to replaced after 10 hours

[@Marvel66666]

@@beurteilung713 Manpower, recources and logistic were also in Vietnam.Nevertheless, the United States lost in Vietnam. If your losses get too high, your population and politics will not longer play along Adolf Galland wrote that the ME 262 could have turned the air war.Despite enemy air superiority, his little Me262 test-unit achieved 24 victories in aerial combat during only 11 weeks, losing only three Me 262s against the Allied Air Force. And these Me 262s were not destroyed in the air but on the ground. In addition, Albert Speer wrote that it was his mistake not to put mass production in ground-to-air missiles, the technology was already there, instead too much effort was put into the V2

[@ananthu8534]

ah the Germans💖

[@mushroomcloud1]

Many years ago, I had a discussion with a pilot of an F-6 which was the recon version of the P-51 Mustang. In late 1944 or early 1945 (He couldn't recall), he was flying a recon mission over Germany and he had a pair of aircraft streak by above him heading east. He had never personally seen anything like these planes so he figured they were a new type and important. He said he pinned the throttle to the stops and tried to catch them. He told me they left him like he was parked on the runway with the engine off. He later found out they were ME-262's. You could hear it in his voice, he was impressed.

[@tonydrake3770]

I'm impressed.

[@tonydrake3770]

Oh, I see the cloud. And that was a month ago.

[@gpdude22]

Bullshit. WWII recon pilot would not deviate from a planned mission heading/speed/altitude to chase aircraft he had never seen before.

[@aaroncowles2504]

@@gpdude22 He certainly would if his mission was complete and he was returning from it - Imagine how valuable any photographic pictures of any first encounters of a Me - 262 would be

[@thickdickwad7736]

Absolutely GORGEOUS and MAGNIFICENT aeroplane ✈️, especially considering it’s history, I’M SO HAPPY it has been preserved for the enjoyment of future generations ❤😍🥰

[@ruthludwig776]

Looking like. The deadliest shark So sleek and beautiful just an amazing flying machine

[@IonutTudorica]

That plane is pure art. I can't imagine how they did something like that back in the days

[@Joseph_yy]

Me262 is one of,if not THE most beautiful aircraft in the history of aviation.

[@steventurner3036]

Actually, the Arado 234 jet was a better aircraft and much more beautiful.

[@ghostarashide227]

I saw her live as a child on this exact ILA. Been 11 years old at that time and went there with my dad. Ever since thn I visited every ILA that was held ♥

[@Noobixm-GGD]

The fact that this was designed in the middle of a raging war in a cave with some cheap scrap metal is amazing

[@MexicanAmericanPhilippines]

Germans where way ahead of their time.

[@dodibenabba1378]

That's what happens when a country is freed from a certain world banking system.....

[@lawmover8400]

No. They were stripped, mocked, belittled in the end of the Great War, for their capabilities. That's the might of an entire angered human civilization who had nothing left to lose than not having vengeance on the entirety of europe. That's karma

[@sigma_frenchie4075]

@@lawmover8400 karma also gave a good kick to Germany after ww2 eh

[@lawmover8400]

@@sigma_frenchie4075 elsewise, what they did still wouldn't be justified vice versa to what happened to them, bad would never prevail, all things goes back to where they come from, till then in the end of world war 2 europe helped itself. And the grudge that was left on germany finally rested in peace. To where it deserves. Stalin died in vain, the berlin wall failed, soviet union fell, and the cold war was left to be gone. Now i wonder, what will be done next.

[@lan8401]

@@sigma_frenchie4075 Not just germany, several european country to, several years later, French was forced to get out from vietnam because of their ego to keep the colonialism after ww2, Netherland had to lost a lot of young soldier in indonesia war for independence, first and second military agression because netherland doesnt accept the indonesian freedom decleration.

[@Captain_Brian78]

The ME 262 was a great looking aircraft!

[@kato64]

I’ve always thought the Me262 was the most elegant looking of the early jets. Amazing to see one still around, let alone airworthy. I’d loved to have been there to see it in person.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+ kato64 It is one of five new-build examples. Four are flyable and one is static. At least two fly in the US. There is one WW2 original that has recently been restored to make short flights, but it is not flying at this time.

[@ionaguirre]

What a wonderful plane !!!

[@silvirhunter3607]

Stunning aircraft, the ME 262 has to be one of my favorite German WW2 airplanes.

[@williamkeyser1977]

A truly beautiful aircraft no matter what angle you look at it from!

[@martinquinn7804]

Superb design and performance beautiful looking craft the technology was far ahead of its time and a tribute to the engineers who developed it

[@ukkomies100]

imagine seeing this thing fly past you in the sky like you were standing still when you have never seen anything like it in history

[@georgebeavis5499]

I've admired the 262 since I was teenager, it's nice to see one flying.

[@flfun1684]

ME 262.. Very important piece of jet history! Germany was the first to get a jet fighter in the air!

[@marcob4630]

Pennington: ou wrote a lot of neo Nazi nonsense: shame on you!

[@rasseliste4095]

I dont see the problem in that

[@program4215]

@Carl Pennington Britain declared war on Germany because Germany kept annexing other countries and Britain warned them that Poland would be the last straw.

[@butthurt8]

marco brenni typical liberal sheep respond without research yourself.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Didn't the Volksjager come first?

[@MrMarkRoads]

My father was a belly gunner in a B-17 in WW2, Black Cat 13. They would fly at roughly 200 mph. Fighters would fly at roughly 300 mph giving a max closing speed of 500 mph. The Messerschmitt Me 262 would fly through a B-17 formation at 500 mph. With a closing speed of 700 mph, dad said there was just no way to get a shot off. He thought the first one he saw was a UFO. In a way, I guess it was. Piolet Captain Noordyk, 30 missions over occupied Germany. All awarded "Lucky Bastards" certificate. We donated all my father's paperwork and metals to the Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England Airfield Museum.

[@dramaking9559]

I would love to see the Me modernizes with 21st centry equipment

[@WorivpuqloDMogh]

world's first jet fighter ever used in actual combat. awesome

[@bkjeong4302]

Alex Janssens The Meteor also saw service chasing after V-1s.

[@tripwire3992]

@@bkjeong4302 not before me262

[@yamato4169]

the first actual jet was the He178

[@bullracing1]

@@yamato4169 Which is another German Aircraft

[@jasont6287]

The gloster meteor entered operational service with the RAF July 27th 1944 so i dunno maybe the me262 was first maybe not

[@Prreinke]

My father's unit, the 55th FG of the USAAF was transferred from Kaufbeuren to Giebelstadt to use the longer Me 262 runways when the 55th FG replaced its P-51D North American Mustangs with the P-80 Shooting Star in mid-1946. He can still remember clearly when a "factory pilot" buzzed the airfield on delivery. Everyone was amazed to see that "hot rock" fly. Thanks for sharing this video with everyone.

[@ianballinger7644]

I believe the early US jet fighters, including the Sabre were all fitted with US built engines that were developed by captured German engineers.

[@krzysztofseweryn8632]

Such an ellegant aircraft! I love the video

[@idanceforpennies281]

Such a clean beautiful design.

[@flyfast77]

Whoever posted this FKN THANK YOU!!! FREAKIN LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THIS AIRCRAFT

[@dicksaunders7543]

Years ago I talked to Lt.Col. Lee Archer & Col. Charles McGee (332nd F.G.) about this aircraft and their eyes widened open! They both said, at first, they feared the Me-262 because of it's air speed superiority but realized their P-51s tactical advantage during a dogfight! Dr. Roscoe Brown is credited as one the first to shoot down a Me-262! A fabulous example of form, function & German engineering!

[@philbessette391]

@daAnder71 stop being such a dick ...

[@closer71]

I always loved this airplane. I built a great model of it in high school, too.

[@markdahl9831]

Me 262 is my favourite jet fighter of all time, a really beautiful machine....such clean lines.....

[@ANukeWithLegs]

GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD

[@haytamharvey1845]

No just German science for war is the best

[@rudymakina5502]

best engineering

[@lusilva1365]

Brazil its superiore

[@duceposting1831]

Is that a jojo referance

[@mattgrimbleby3864]

@@haytamharvey1845 correct, good old USA can be testament to that, bearing in mind they took what people they could and drafted them into NASA and many other fields of engineering.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

I was there that day. It was amazing to see it fly.

[@beckys7035]

Amazing plane first jet used in combat. We are lucky we still have one today.

[@jamesharrison5004]

A masterful piece of German engineering at the time.

[@ccmogs5757]

Beautiful plane , lovely camo , thanks for uploading :)

[@svenschwingel8632]

Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich die 262 einmal "live" sehen würde. Geiles Video!

[@knightflightvideo]

Vielen Dank! :-)

[@leneanderthalien]

Ist aber keine echte Me 262: der rumpf ist ein neubau und die motoren sind modern...ich denke niemanden is verrückt genug um die originelle motore zu benutzen...

[@knightflightvideo]

Das stimmt leneanderthalien. Es gibt keine flugfähigen Originale mehr. Und wenn es sie gäbe würde sie niemand mit den alten Triebwerken fliegen wollen bzw. lassen. Es handelt sich bei der im Video zu sehenden Maschine somit in der Tat um eine völlig neugebaute Me 262 mit modernen GE Triebwerken.

[@Birger78bs]

Ändert nichts am Flugverhalten, solange die modernen Triebwerke die selbe Leistung haben. Tolles Video und schön eine ME 262 (Nachbau) noch mal in der Luft zu sehen.

[@gunterwinkel881]

Wahnsinn, ein wunderschönes Flugzeug

[@markdahl9831]

Such a beautiful aircraft....my favourite of all time