RARE! Me-262 Flight at Wings Over Houston. Formation flight with P-51 Mustang & Spitfire!

[@franzbauer4906]

the 262 is also a timeless beautiful plane

[@kaito1213]

I agreed

[@keith8225]

@@soordplay5504 not really considering that most fighters today are capable of supersonic flight

[@bigsheepgaming3333]

More like 24 hour beautiful planes

[@keith8225]

@@soordplay5504 Yeah. I think it might be a good trainer plane

[@dr.taxevasion4071]

A wonder of German engineering

[@andrewvalentino132]

That 262 passed the bombers like they were standing still. My grandma's cousin was a gunner on a B17. He took a picture of a 262 that has just flown past his plane during an aerial engagement over Germany.

[@slickflyguy]

That had to be both a scary and amazing sight for him.

[@ashhawk2346]

That'd be great to see that photo

[@southerninfidel3141]

He took the time to snap a pic??? That’s baddass

[@bhoogvliet]

Wow seriously. That would be an awesome picture 😱😁

[@DoniBone]

most importend is that he is healty and alive back from war.

[@muckiderhase157]

I prefer to see the american, the german and the british warplane flying side by side rather than chasing each other.

[@harryhirsch8527]

britisch?

[@RandomShit169]

+Harry Hirsch Just a typo :D

[@marcelodarochalyra5684]

Hoje em dia isso pode ocorrer mas na época... era guerra!

[@cobracorporal6738]

@@harryhirsch8527 He meant *British*

[@neilmatthew27]

Should have fought alongside each other to end communism once and for all!

[@sotis1756]

Holy shit when the me-262 flew past the b-17 that was a powerful sight.

[@ME262MKI]

1:15 "is going into an attack run on the B-17" B-17: ooh crap, not again!

[@cerebli]

"ooo the cannons are loaded"

[@spreadeagled5654]

That Me-262 missed. The B-17 is still flying.

[@forrestgumball]

*Tail cut loose*

[@pantzman]

@@forrestgumball I think you mean "tail ejected".

[@nigeh5326]

The B17 will be okay his little friends will help him out

[@appsstore11]

The 262 looks modern even now I think,absolutely ahead of its time,awesome achievement

[@bwbethel]

My dad (rip) was a B-24 pilot - 35 missions Sept 44 -- March 45 -- and he had one of these "alien" 262s swoop in next to his starboard wing and salute -- obviously out of ammo and fuel and then peeled off. Always thought it was a great story until it was confirmed by his remaining crew members at their last reunion 8 years ago. Why didn't the waist gunner shoot, you ask?! He (a shoe salesman from Philly) was out of .50cal as well!!😋. My father assured me, it wasn't "what the hell is that, but WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!!". Thankfully, too few, too late for Adolf.

[@vascoyar1691]

Wow :')

[@macduggles]

I'd love to see that story on Dogfights!

[@langer4602]

Thanks for shareing🙂

[@rschmidt9495]

awesome.

[@crispybaguette8670]

That’s awesome

[@GabrielBoeri]

2:02 that puts tears in my eyes, it's beautiful to see that.

[@mike74em]

gaboxdesign same here

[@MatzeB111]

Oh yes🍀

[@jacobmarley285]

Reverse British b17 escort of the ye old pub

[@bradbutcher3984]

I was fortunate enough to see this in person. I'll never forget it.

[@benscoles5085]

@@bradbutcher3984 that had to be a great thing to witness, 3 very iconic planes,

[@explorer1968]

How curious and strange to contemplate the Me-262, the Mustang P-51, and the Spitfire to fly along!

[@Bruce-1956]

Good to see that (all) these wonderful, classic planes are still flying.

[@Lensman864]

They're not. The 262 is a replica made in the last decade.

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@Lensman864 Actually I believe the 262s are made with a continuation of the WW2 era serial number picked up where the last wartime produced Me 262 left off meaning that unofficially these are production Me-262 and not just replica's. So that kinda makes them a classic and not classic and falls in that odd little line of are they true WW2 era birds or just replica's.

[@lvpn1264]

Last year I went to this in Houston. Me262 had been the loudest aircraft I've heard.

[@jeffwalther3935]

That is an historical sight. It is absolutely one of the most wonderful, beautiful, profoundly noble, glorious and inspiring events and phenomena I've EVER seen and could hope to see. Its THAT good to see, hear too. Bravo and Cheers!

[@bradbutcher3984]

It was amazing to see in person.

[@lucklassen]

That ME-262 is so badass, amazing to see one flying today.

[@Lt.Gruber]

Seeing the jet and prop planes together is just magic, it’s when the modern age and past met in the skies

[@MatthewLawrence.]

These 3 represent the pinnacle of aviation

[@viunetwork5142]

only one of them...

[@Avenarius2906]

Großartig! Danke - die elegante Me 262 war ihrer Zeit weit voraus...

[@MatzeB111]

Eine wunderschöne Maschine.

[@RedBaronFilms1918]

Though this is what looks to be a two-seater trainer, it is still a beautiful aircraft. The Me-262 has always been a pretty bird to me, and I hope to be able to see one in person some day, so for now I satiate myself by watching documentaries and videos like this. :D

[@karlstahl6648]

nachtjäger version ohne geweih

[@karlstahl6648]

nachtjäger version ohne geweih

[@harryhirsch8527]

''the first operational jet fighter of world war two'' the first and only!

[@1badhaircut]

soaringtractor 262s saw fighter v fighter combat until end of April 45 ... Meteors were only used in England for V1s ... and 2-3 P80s flew in Italy to boost morale that the USA had jets but “operational” is an exaggeration

[@leopardcentury4079]

@soaringtractor We talk about the first operational jet fighter in history. And that's the 262

[@norms3913]

The Germans built another jet fighter after the 262 it's the me 163 komet jet plane

[@cfg1967]

@soaringtractor never dogfight in europe, me262 have in action !!!

[@Joecrouse]

@@norms3913 the Komet is a rocket fighter.

[@Dragunov302]

262 is the only jet on KZbin that gives me chills when I watch and hear it fly

[@skoot2u]

What about the Vulcan bomber,awesome sight.

[@ogland6482]

The p262 flying along with the spitfire and mustang gave me chills!

[@antonioabel9870]

Wow!, thank you very much this indeed is a rare opportunity to see in your lifetime. Many thanks bro.!

[@tonyerspamer8742]

Almost went to that airshow. Of id known they had a 262 I would have gone

[@nicholasmorris3924]

+Tony Erspamer That -262 is home based at that air field. It'll probably be back again this year.

[@delten-eleven1910]

That is amazing and eerie seeing an Me 262 in the skies in the U.S. with the B-17 and other allied fighters and bombers...Wow!

[@ryanhurley959]

I was there that day and it was amazing to see in person, what an experience!

[@Trex531]

I envy you! Haha, that’s great lucky man!

[@renatoyap]

I can't imagine how those young men have felt in their " Technologically advanced " bombers and Fighters to see a ME262 shoot by them. I guess it would be akin to a Raptor pilot trying to dog fight a UFO

[@Bill23799]

US Marine Pilot to UFO: You did NOT just shoot that green sh#@ at ME!!!!

[@notgraham.7215]

"The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down"- Chuck Yeager

[@j.a.martinez4001]

Wow this is truly amazing! A small insight of WW2 and the weapons of war used to kill one another. Truly amazing great upload!

[@mwmcbroom]

I was there that weekend. Photographing warbirds is a passion of mine. Got lots of keeper shots of the 262 and also several keepers of that three bird formation. That exhibit was pretty much the high point of the day.

[@kimmyjohnny31]

I live near a museum in which there restoring the only flight capable JU-87 Stuka and a ME-262 and im excited to see them soon flying!

[@chazchuckyboyz4733]

Recreating 3 historical WWII birds. What museum and area is this?

[@robertmorey4104]

@@chazchuckyboyz4733 Its Paul Allen's Flying Heritage collection. Everett, Wa

[@Robinjhoe1]

Man. Imagine having the privilege to fly one of these restored, old but beautiful planes for the show. Must be a dream job come true. I wonder how you get there

[@johnjohnon8767]

Heard there are only 7 vintage examples left, dont know if they are all flight ready.

[@Rhino1277HotRails]

Fantastic, this must have been a fun show

[@Name-ps9fx]

I was fortunate enough to get to look at and walk around the ME-262’s when they were being built in Everett WA USA...several retired Boeing engineers got together and redesigned the plane using an original for the dimensions. Awesome looking plane...but like all WW2 planes, my first thought was “Damn, that’s smaller than I expected!”

[@hangrypatrick5993]

It's so cool when the mustang and the spitfire and the Me 262 having a formation 🤩🤩

[@luftwaffle4327]

Everyone gangsta till the 262 starts firing real bullets

[@ballisticfuryau308]

Now that a lota damage

[@Dragunov302]

fuckin' love the ME 262

[@delten-eleven1910]

I've seen re reenactment dogfights with A6m-Zeros and Hellcats, Corsairs and Lightnings , but this in itself is historic.

[@besthuskydog7330]

Got goosebumps... So beautiful...

[@xccuber2589]

2:02 lay down, try not to cry, cry alot. because that is a powerful sight to see

[@noahboat580]

You dont see a lot of 262 footage, let alone one flying over Houston

[@saksa101]

Magnificent! So great to see Schwalbe's attack on B-17s simulated!!!

[@neilhellens8956]

The engines only had a life of 25 hours as the turbine blades failed.Adolf Galland stated some engines only had an operational life of 12 to 13 hours.

[@0Turbox]

Yes, but that was negligible. One mission didn't last much longer than one hour. Better to replace some engine parts after a while, as to burry dead pilots.

[@wanderschlosser1857]

@Bobby Brady It was in fact quite reliable for all the high end technology it carried. The airframe was one of the most balanced and easy to fly for that time. Yet the engines were of cause a different story due to bad availability of better materials and of cause new technology which was in the very beginning of its development. And no, a P-51 could not easily shoot one down in combat when defending bombers because the Me 262 was simply too fast. They had to wait for Me 262-unfortunate situations such as start and landing or low(er) speed dogfights. The point is at that time the Me 262 and the Meteor were the future and P-51 (and Spits, FW190, Yaks, etc. ...) all of a sudden became obsolete as fighter aircraft!

[@wanderschlosser1857]

@Bobby Brady Well I agree that it is nowadays overhyped like many other war machines and any weapon is only as good as the person using it, the strategy it is operating with and of cause the enemy's counter measures allow. Anyway the 262 was for sure the best bomber interceptor in existence in 44 and 45. And it it did this job exceptionally good for the circumstances it was operated in. No other plane except perhaps the Meteor would have been capable to do the same under the same circumstances. And it was almost impossible to shoot it down when intercepting the Allied bombers. Even though attacking 262's were usually outnumbered by at least 1:10 by the escort fighters.

[@wanderschlosser1857]

@Bobby Brady Well then thanks that you responded to my comments and we had a brief discussion. I'm a gas turbine engineer and I learned my trade on aircraft engines so I'm not that far away from the matter. Besides that I've always been interested in aviation technology and history and I try to figure out the real context as bias-free as possible. And other opinions such as yours are always welcome.

[@clockdva20]

The sort life span of the turbine blade due to the lack of correct meterial and lower quality substitute's was not really that important by that time of the war , the life span of the pilots was far less than 25hrs with only a few veteran pilots left to lead their groups . It was more worrying for the pilots recovering these aircraft after the war ended in the race to grab as many of these new aircraft , lots of pilots ferrying these aircraft had little idea it their engines had zero hrs on them or 25 and half hrs . I think these aircraft are flying today with a modern engine footed or are fully built replica's , I am pritty sure it would way to costly to maintain the original Jumo or BMW engines parts wise , though some people have very deep pockets out there nice to see such an import plane flying , the Glister Meteor may have been the first Jet fighter built , but the ME 262 was light years ahead in design , swept wings an a moveable tail ,and built at a point in the war were the quality need for such an aircraft was no longer possible to do.

[@donkinzett3961]

Fantastic video

[@haitolawrence5986]

By the time the Me-262 entered service the Allies would just picket the German airfields and pick them off when they were coming in to land. Out of fuel and ammo they were easy prey for RAF Mosquitos, etc.

[@bennyandersen742]

To heath, As would any aircraft without fuel and support in an vulnerable situation

[@ockertbrits6907]

Sure. It was the ONLY way they could beat them.

[@pasqualguigano6315]

I would have love to been there to see this Thanks for the video!!!

[@eamo106]

I was there that day, being in TEXAS at wings over Houston. We could go up the flight line early and touch this albeit a replica, and take photos. Forget that at a UK event, Duxford or whatever ! Once COVID is over, UK Warbird enthusiasts need to come to the USA Airshows to touch and feel and get up close. Even go to Austrian or German airshows. UK Warbird organizers need to let the public on to the flight line early like the US airshows do. Noone damages any aircraft ! Let a few at a time. I went to Duxford. So far from the aircraft that I went to see the Museum of land Armour, even then 10 ft away ! Go to Germany to see the tanks ! SO MANY PEOPLE turn up , so few see the exhibits up close in the UK !

[@seltaeb9691]

ME262 is my fav jet fighter. Still looks cool today, yes in Star Wars the baddies always had the best lookin' funky craft, same in WW2 & WW1, is this a replica?

[@okrajoe]

What a trio!

[@drfabriciomnogueira]

3 legends flying together :)

[@joshenarvidsano9976]

Quote from Erik winkel brown: A Me262 could turn a B-26 Marauder in to confetti.

[@andreswagner741]

una belleza el 262 ...15 años adelantado a su epoca...

[@garrington120]

The Me 262 was NOT the first jet in service in WW2 . The British Gloster Meteor Mk 1 was in squadron service one month BEFORE the 262 in July 1944 chasing V 1s

[@marcoortiz4579]

Beautiful all together, invincibles...

[@knightflightvideo]

Very nice footage. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@Bill23799]

Wow , that was amazing to see a flying ME-262 Jet Fighter. Was it a restored original airframe or was it a complete replica? I wonder what they used for the two power plants. Surely they did not find two New Old Stock " Jumo " jet engines somewhere in an old warehouse in Germany.

[@hertzair1186]

The 262 was staggeringly far ahead of Allied aircraft. It may have also been the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in a dive. Hans Guido Mütke (see his Wikipedia article), whilst full-throttle power diving his 262 on a P-51, reported that his aircraft buffeted, then smoothed out as he accelerated past airspeed red-line. Then as he slowed down, the buffeting returned until he slowed down to normal speed. He described the symptoms of supersonic flight and didn’t even realize it. It wasn’t until later that the “buffeting then smooth and quiet” as you go supersonic symptoms were described by test pilots. In 1999, computer modeling showed that the ME262 was in fact, capable of supersonic flight.

[@hertzair1186]

@tecdessus ...I respectfully disagree...Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown, the RAF’s main test pilot of the captured German aircraft,was quoted as saying “we weren’t just surprised how far ahead the German aviation technology was from ours...we were shocked.”

[@ronaldweed6103]

Man she sounded GREAT!!

[@sharke2513]

P51D Pilot: *Sees M262* Also P51D Pilot: Wait...I've seen this scene before...

[@Cee64E]

Is that one of the reproduction 262s being built by Stormbirds?

[@jetsmasher]

I'm not sure who built this 262, but it is a reproduction.

[@halowraith1]

+pulifric it is a repro...

[@Cee64E]

+jetsmasher Thought so, engines looked and sounded wrong. Not Jumos to be sure.

[@Mildewpants]

+pulifric That is such flawed reasoning. I'd want a 2-seater so I could take someone for a fly in it.

[@TheBic4]

+Cee64E of course not jumos, nobody makes them and are very dangerous engines especially if the only time it flies is at airshows with spectators below.

[@鎌田英明-c6f]

262は革新的でした。イベント、動画ありがとう😉👍🎶

[@angryfoxzd5233]

Me 262: I go faaaast!! Mustang: ahhh shit here we go again. Spitfire: guys wait for me!

[@xxcommentator]

But... where's the Zero?

[@shawnncheriyoung3597]

I am wondering.., does that Me262 have hydrogen-peroxide engines, or was it updated..?

[@Macintoshiba]

Should have been a 109 in that formation, for the extra history factor

[@drmorane]

0:53: " ... but here come's the Me 262 again!". :-)

[@Ikelae]

What a rad event! I'm entranced

[@Brucev7]

Beautiful Sight. 'Schwalbe, Mustang and Supermarine Spitifire.' Me-262 Schwalbe "Swallow" The Me-262 & the P-51 were similar in Air Speed. God bless

[@ockertbrits6907]

What?

[@ArfiniGa]

wait why did they changed the cockpit?

[@pbasswil]

I wonder what engines they've got in that thing? (I don't think any of the original, primitive Junkers engines, could be operational today.)

[@kornaros96]

BMW

[@pbasswil]

@@kornaros96 Ah - BMW actually makes an engine, today, that fit in those nacelles?? I didn't even know they made jet engines in this era.

[@peter59fg]

Très belle vidéo. Merci !

[@rokosaraga9535]

Great. That is replicas or originals planes?

[@rudylopez5060]

In 1942, these 3 planes are bitter enemies.. German invented the first car.. German invented the first fighter jet. We owe a lot of our lives on German technology...

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Mysteriously the German Scientists working on the V2 were removed to the US without being charged for crimes , to start the Rocket to the moon research . And I think the FW190 designer ended up in Argentina making their first Jet plane post war

[@Trex531]

Yeah, and they took us to the Moon, thanks to VonBraun’s Saturn 5!

[@russg1801]

All the Me-262's flying today have been repowered; their crude jet engines had very short life spans. The Gloster Meteor that's still flying has its original engines.

[@7echo]

All the flying ones are reproductions using modern engines, made in Washington state. More like Boeing 262's, they helped a lot with building them.

[@franzbauer4906]

three legendary planes

[@paulchandler9646]

The Meteor was the first operational jet fighter by 2 weeks over the 262.

[@bobsanoldun]

Spoilsport!

[@Mike193Inf]

Epilogue- the Mustang circled around the airfield until the 262 came in to land then came up behind it and gave it a few hundred slugs of John Browning's finest- an ending that many 262s experienced.

[@timfremstad3434]

How did the 262 fly with the Mustang and Spitfire and not stall? I wouldn't think it able to fly that slow, If I remember the 262 moves at 500+, the prop planes at about 400

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Tim Fremstad Stalling speed is around 125 mph.

[@flounder2760]

there is a company out there that makes me 262s and they make them to close to the original specs with updated safer engines that they are allowed to continue the serial numbers of the original run by the company in germany that had a part in making the original planes.

[@user-gu7yo5yn9g]

LINK

[@nomadnametab]

in 2014 at this airshow i watched from the back yard of someone who lived near the field. the 262 and then a p-51 flew over low and slow. then low and fast. the roar from the mustang was far louder than the 262. i had always heard pilots say when they got into those early jets they were amazed at how quiet they were compared to piston engine planes. i know why they say that. and then a mig 15 went over. it was also a lot less noisy than later jets ,with their vastly more powerful engines.

[@wanyelewis9667]

They probably meant that it was quieter inside the cockpit. In the jet, most of the sound is behind you. In the Mustang, you've got 12 exhaust stacks pointed right at you.

[@nomadnametab]

@@wanyelewis9667 true.

[@henrykaung9064]

The three of the WW2 legends!

[@REXONATER70]

I really liked this video

[@lachychops2]

Was that a tomcat around 43-45 seconds??

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

262 needs Antler Radar Antenae sticking out the front...............

[@TheSirjohn2012]

How authentic can you get and yes this is the real McCoy in the Me 262 jet and the others follow closely behind the formation here.

[@namelessnick9791]

It would be so cool to see the 262 fire it’s 30mm cannons even if they were just blanks!

[@Wookie120]

Always ticks me off when they the 262 was the 1st operational jet fighter, when it was the Gloster Meteor that was first.

[@user-gu7yo5yn9g]

That ain't true at all the 262s first flight was 1942 while the meteor was 43

[@user-gu7yo5yn9g]

@tecdessus no it isnt of its flying than its operating and even so it was still the first to see service.

[@aspopulvera9130]

Once enemies now besties

[@chiefslief1886]

Wow...Beautiful 🎶🎶❤🎶🎶

[@paulmoffat9306]

That ME-262 was probably one of the handful of replicas that were built in the USA, I think about 6 were made, at about $1.2M each. The engines are modern replacements, and are FAR more reliable than the original Jumo engines that had an MTBF of about 10-20 hours.

[@skoot2u]

Wasn't it a fact that by the end of the war they just couldn't produce quality alloys etc. to build enough reliable engines ?

[@scriptsmith4081]

Are the modern engines more powerful, and if so, what is the maximum airspeed of the replicas?Thanks

[@awesomedawsonmg1940]

Imagine seeing a Me 262 for the first time while your flying in props

[@painmt651]

Amazing historic sight!

[@herwinladres3659]

1:26 kinda scary to see the actual speed disparty between the B17 and Me262, Yes I know it's probably not the actual cruising speed of B17 or engagement speed of a 262 but still no wonder why tail/waist gunners are stunned when they see it for the first time.

[@baseduser1655]

Razed back 262 ?

[@cameroncaulfield4281]

I’m actually a little surprised the spitfire was able to keep up with the 262 is it a griffon variant

[@jryan1024]

i'd be surprised if any classic warbirds are flying the Griffon these days. That engine was an unstable arson box!!

[@ScoutSniper3124]

I wonder if that 262 is running the original engines... if memory serves they had a VERY SHORT life span due to the metallurgy of the time wasn't up to the task when it came to turbine blades.

[@jryan1024]

There is no way they are running on original engines. Those old axial flow engines had a very short lifespan, as stated in this thread. The surviving original Gloster Meteors. however, are still flying with their original centrifugal flow jet engines!!

[@su57felon94]

It's unreal to know the are a couple of these flying to this day

[@diggywiggy]

This is clearly a replica model then me262 never had the shape of the cockipit like that

[@coleweathers8731]

0:17 the moment he realizes hes flying for the luftwaffe 👋👋👋🤚

[@BigKWS]

Amazing to see one of those things in Houston, Texas. I bet they took it apart and shipped it over from Europe.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+BigKWS Five Me-262 replicas were built in the US with modern engines to sell to collectors. This two-seater was the first one completed.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@soaringtractor Just a correction that one original is nearly finished and painted and is expected to fly soon, maybe this year. The Jumo turbines are modernized. warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/SAM_8336-1024x768.jpg

[@breadman3220]

How hard is it to maintain those jet engines Jhezz

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Philippinoy New replica with modern engines.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Has to be super rare to see an operational one, I didn't even know any still flew.

[@yjs1098]

Probably a replica but still magnificent

[@JS-fe8sx]

It's a replica with modern engines, GE CJ-610 engines.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Idiots

[@texasfathead]

The 262 what a beautiful airplane

[@elperroguapoabuelo7033]

Wow.... saludos de Marbella Andalucia España 😀👍💪😊🇪🇦