The very rare Messerschmitt Me 262 at RIAT 2023!

[@fredtedstedman]

beautiful , never thought we would see one fly ! thanks for sharing with us .

[@ElwynR]

You are very welcome 👌

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

Beautiful aeroplane, design over 80 years now and still looks modern. How advanced they were swept wings while the allies made their early jets with straight wings.

[@silvergtotwinturbo9984]

The reason that they swept the wings back was because they had a problem with the C of G with the aeroplane, the only way they could move the engines back to correct it was to sweep the wings. Made a jet aircraft look beautiful.

[@mandyeales4286]

" what was that? what the hell was that? it went by like we were standing still" it was the Messerschmitt Me 262 it flies 150 miles an hour faster than our fastest fighters

[@MathewBT81]

As an allied pilot, seeing that silhouette in the sky back in WWII would send chills

[@SONAR1123-t2y]

Bulky compared to Allied Prop fighters, turn fight it. ^^

[@Hawkertempest1]

@@SONAR1123-t2y Yes, but the German fighter's dove and swooped on the allied fighter's. The only way they could catch them was when they were landing and taking off. They had the speed to commit to a fight or power away.

[@SONAR1123-t2y]

@@Hawkertempest1 Some German pilots forgot they were in a jet and literally just turned with the mustangs 😭

[@urbansoldier1]

​@@Hawkertempest1 the only moment chuck yeager was shoot a 262 down..at landing.. and later in a interview he say it was not a big thing in this moment. reflective guy!

[@ABC-dw7pe]

OMg cHiLLz bRo 🤡

[@UsuallyTrolling]

Me262 can finally land at an airfield without being swarmed by allied fighters 😂

[@motorrebell]

But its a former ENEMY airfield 😂🤣😂

[@megatwingo]

A timeless classic aircraft. Well filmed. Thumbs up! :)

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks! 👌

[@JonSnow-YThandle]

Brilliant! I didn't know how much I wanted to see her fly till I saw the clip. Cheers mate!

[@ElwynR]

Glad I could help, just hope it's not the only time this weekend 🙏

[@JonSnow-YThandle]

@@ElwynR 🤞😊keep the camera close!

[@DafyddPhillips]

Stunning piece of history and perfectly captured. 👌

[@ElwynR]

Or is it 🤷‍♂️😬😁

[@restojon1]

That's being flown beautifully. Can you imagine what the Mosquito would've been like with two jet engines fitted?

[@fredtedstedman]

now there's a thought .......

[@danielryan5384]

Imagine facing this for the first time in the 40s !

[@benmoore1260]

Mosquito probably would have fallen apart. Wooden airplane with that much power

[@restojon1]

@@benmoore1260 yeah, I know really... but what if I brought my rreeaaallyy big screwdriver and big screws?? 😉😉😉

[@restojon1]

@@stephen-ng yeah, I know... but I was allowing myself a moment of indulgence and silly. I could even send an email to Gorilla Glue 😉

[@trance9158]

This is awesome 👍 what a beautiful beast!!!

[@AvenueofAviation]

Brilliant video capturing of the flying museum! Job well done! 👍

[@leorcc]

Thank you for sharing! I saw the ME 262 on the tarmac in another video and had to know if it really flew at RIAT this year. So glad to see it did!

[@ElwynR]

You bet!☺️

[@richwest9104]

It didn't fly on the Saturday, alas, the crosswinds were too strong. :(

[@stephenholmes1036]

Thank you for this

[@ElwynR]

My pleasure!

[@stephenholmes1036]

@ElwynR Elwyn will the Komet ME 163 ever come over?

[@carolfortin1457]

Impossible to remain indifferent to this flying legend. Thanks for sharing. Salut!

[@stephenremington8448]

People reporting to the ARP, "I saw this plane, flying very fast but it had no propellers, and it made a whooshing noise".

[@DJ-ui2cn]

Amazing footage!! Jet history at its finest.

[@45H4W]

That silhouette is just stunning. I am blessed that the Spitfire passes where I live many times and that engine see's me running to the garden each time it flies over, but that Me 262......

[@JeffinLowerAlabama]

Great video, thank you Jeff in LA USA

[@ElwynR]

Glad you enjoyed it Jeff 👌

[@TobyPasman]

There is an Me-262 on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

TobyPasman That is the one that was used and copied to make the reproduction, andthe Navy got the plane restored in the process !!! WIN WIN !!!!!!

[@neilbolger2679]

I think these were introduced at the end of ww2 or there abouts but very good to see it still flying like all classics from around that era . Truly great to see flying still

[@MrGoat73]

It’s a modern built recreation, but you’d never know watching it in the air! You probably can’t tell close up either. An amazing machine.

[@silvergtotwinturbo9984]

@@MrGoat73 They built 4 using the one in the Smithsonian museum. They stripped it and made plans based upon those drawings. They were so accurate that Messershmitt Stieftung granted five continuous numbermarkes or serials. The faults found when flying the first build were rectified and modified and approved by M-S. They are now considered new builds not replicas or reproductions.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@silvergtotwinturbo9984 Wrong !!! The original belongs to the US Navy museum in Pensecola and is a 2 seat model !!! FYI !!!!

[@courtneybuse8019]

It would have been terrifying seeing one of these flying towards you.

[@martywhitaker85]

Wonderful footage, thanks for sharing it with us! That 262 would be worth price of admission alone. 👌🤘

[@AlejandroBraga-hl1oo]

The me626 is the first jet plane in history and it's good to see it flying, thank you 🇧🇷👏👏👏👏👏

[@Airforcelover4]

Very unique plane

[@TK-421-75]

Incredible footage. Thank you.

[@lordvetinari6057]

"It feels like an angel is pushing" - Adolf Galland, after his first test flight.

[@sparky20100]

Imagine, that such beauty came from such a dark time.....

[@THE_Michael_Westen]

...and let's all be thankfull it came too late and in small numbers.

[@sparky20100]

@@THE_Michael_Westen that and many other horrors..

[@hekatoncheiros208]

A beauty built by slave labour.

[@古德林-i4v]

I love Me-262 !!!

[@MikC]

Nice! I Cant wait for more videos from RIAT23

[@ElwynR]

More to come! I hope if this ☔️☔️ clears

[@peterszar]

I can't imagine what the bomber crews thought, when they first saw this aircraft zipping in and out of they're formations. Could it have been, holy s__t, what the hell was that? Pretty cool vid.

[@graemepennell]

Now THIS is an aircraft of history. Only way it could get better would be to have a little "fight " between it and a couple of piston craft to show it's effectiveness. Long live the "Shark"

[@fredtedstedman]

or a Meteor !

[@bobingram6912]

​@@fredtedstedmanmy thoughts exactly👍👍👍👍

[@DrivermanO]

Wasn't it SCHWALBE? Swallow?

[@graemepennell]

@@DrivermanO for the wings, yes. The fuselage & shape of that, mixed with its effectiveness it was also called shark

[@Hawkertempest1]

@@DrivermanO Yes and the bomber version was "Sturmvogel".👍

[@ChrisB257]

Epic - quite something to see this in the air. 👌

[@WizzardPrang]

Thank you Elwyn! I never thought I'd see one fly, even a replica.

[@hawnyfox3411]

Without me even remotely having a clue...... is this a/c either 1,) A "dataplate" restoration - ("real one" - clearly NOT with disintigratingJumo engines, laughs !) or... 2,) Most likely one of those "Replicas" of that small production run that guy (Tischler?) had ran in the states Also, what kinda (American) engines does it have ? Reminded me that decades ago, I bought the book "Stormbird Rising" plus a 1/48th Tamiya Me.262** **( I still have it, unmade )

[@nigelbowler1601]

Nice footage Elwyn thanks for sharing it with us all great to see it in flight only ever seen it in static keep your good stuff rolling mate.

[@benmoore1260]

That's cooler then any f35 or f22

[@Verminator4]

Impressive that there are any of these in good enough nick to still fly

[@LEJapproach]

Unfortunately, they're not. This is a replica, albeit a really good one. Apart from the engines, which are relatively modern ones, it's as close to the original as it gets.

[@ElwynR]

Iv read somewhere that these were built in usa way after the war! But I will need to resurch

[@LEJapproach]

@@ElwynR You're right. They were built shortly after 2000 -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262#Flyable_reproductions

[@magoid]

@@ElwynR Precisely. There are about 5 made with the blessing of Messerschmidt AG (who got one). The engines are the civilian version of the popular GE J85 (used in the F-5 and countless other aircraft). I wish they release performance stats of these, since the new engines are ridiculously more efficient than the original ones.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@magoid The engines are GE CJ610.

[@Gr8fulbluz]

Outstanding. Thank you for the video.

[@MrAlexwoolf]

No way the engines are original, they only lasted 8 hours. Amazing non the less; we truly are in a golden age with more old marks being restored back to flight.

[@hekatoncheiros208]

No, modern engines. You’d have to be nuts to fly one on the originals. I think they lasted longer than 8 hours, but not by much. 25 hours was the figure I remember, then they had to be replaced. The great Eric Brown, Royal Navy test pilot, flew one immediately after the war. All the documentation had been destroyed before the Allies took the airfield, so he didn’t know if he had new engines or a pair that had done 24hrs and 30 mins! It didn’t really matter as most were destroyed long before they reached 25 hrs.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@hekatoncheiros208 Paul Allen''s WW2 original Me-262 is a flying restoration with reworked Jumo turbines. He spent the money to get them working, but it is not finished while new owners take over after Allen's death. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIHEq6h8hr94adE

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

It uses modern GE Engines !!! !

[@bkjeong4302]

New engines, original airframe.

[@Hawkertempest1]

One of my favourite aircraft. 😍

[@Dmooreslotreviews]

It reminds me of a Shark for some reason. Such an awesome plane.

[@_Av3nTad0R_]

Imagine seeing and hearing this jet for the first time in history, sitting in your P-51, P-61, B-29 etc.

[@grahamplace871]

how about the Me262 and MB Gloster Meteor together?

[@jbmatey3072]

Fantastic ... I wonder what happened to the ME262 that was in the “black hanger” at RAF Gaydon in the late 60s ... I use to sit in its cockpit when I was flying in the gliders with the Air Cadets

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@jbmatey3072 It is now at RAF Museum Hendon.

[@kevindelaney1951]

Jet heritage nicely captured by this video. Well done by the presenter. The ME 262 is, in my opinion, the ground zero of all jet fighters. Thanks for your 2 videos. The one of its arrival & this one of its basic flight capabilities.

[@ElwynR]

Many thanks!

[@matthewkirby6080]

I thought I have seen one (Yellow 4) for many years including recently at RAF Cosford in Shropshire West Midlands! 😮🇬🇧

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@matthewkirby6080 The original Me-262A-2a W.Nr. 112372 is kept a RAF Hendon. I think the original ID and markings are not known, or at least it would need to be sanded down through the layers of paint to find the original markings. Possibly "Yellow 7" from JG7 originally.

[@peterlocke5204]

Had a poster of this free with an aviation mag in the 1970's, not that I supported the Luftwaffe of course!!. I believe it was known as the 'schwalbe' or swallow. Just as well it didn't get into the war earlier eh!!. Great looking plane though, very modern for its time. Thanks for the video posting, cheers.

[@agskytter8977]

Had it been fully armed with four Mk108 it has more cannon firepower than a F35..

[@gerrymaguire127]

Beautiful!!🇮🇪

[@AndreiTupolev]

Bet the pilot was glad he could push it without needing to worry about the engines flaming out or turbine blades going "ptoiiiinnnnnggg"

[@appsstore11]

Even now it looks modern and deadly ❤

[@robh4671]

The headline should be,” Replica ME 262 flies into RIAT.

[@ElwynR]

Like most of the Spitfires that are flying 🤷‍♂️ but I here what your saying

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

Wow !!! Super awesome and beautiful looking aircraft which is the first fighter jet powered 😊

[@darrenp3615]

I was lucky enough to see this fly on the Sunday, definitely a highlight of the show!

[@luki01111]

Is this at RAF Fairford?

[@ElwynR]

Yes, RIAT Airshow

[@mickyday2008]

Awesome even though they were the enemy

[@kraut4676]

Another perfect Elwyn Video

[@THE_Michael_Westen]

Beautiful plane. That's the one from the Messerschmitt Foundation ?

[@andreasrothgerber9572]

Grandfather of Eurofighter

[@paulferrara9079]

Why is Legend Fliers not being credited as having finished building the flying Me 262 replica’s?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@pauferrara9079 Legend Fliers didn't exist when the Me-262s were made. The company was called Classic Fighter Industries. They became the restoration company Legend Fliers when the Me-262 project was over.

[@paulferrara9079]

@@FiveCentsPlease Yes I am aware of the name changes.

[@paulferrara9079]

@@FiveCentsPlease Yes, over the years the names changed. : ) Same hangar. Me-262 Project, Classic fighter industry, Legend Flyers.

[@garywilliams6890]

awesome

[@istvanmudrak5139]

👍👍👍Icon!!

[@SanjayGupta2808]

I think it uses a modern engine to keep it flying but still great to see it flying

[@williec7273]

According to a documentary they are the original engines still working. Any repairs parts need hand made

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@williec7273 WRONG!!! NOT original engines they used the GE CJ610 !!!!!

[@williec7273]

@wilburfinnigan2142 do your research there are only 9 original planes with engines since they are museum pieces there is one that is air worthy with the original engine. The ones you speak of are reproductions and yes there are 5 of them with ge engines.

[@martinjohnson9316]

I'm presuming this example is one of the two american reproduction aircraft, with modern GE turbojet engines?

[@ElwynR]

Yes 👌

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+@martinjohnson9316 Five new Me-262s were constructed, and four of those are flyable.

[@martinjohnson9316]

@@FiveCentsPlease Aah...had'nt realised it was as many as five....wow!

[@MichaelOfRohan]

What engines did they put in this thing?

[@AndrewLewer90]

General Electric CJ610

[@winstonsmith478]

No tech specs in the video comments or anywhere else online that I can find. This is a replica flying with modern turbojet engines? Everywhere I look that isn't mentioned except in one place: "The Messerschmitt Foundation Me262 replica flew alongside a Spitfire AB910 on Wednesday morning ahead of its arrival to the Royal International Air Tattoo." Seems like everyone wants to avoid the "replica" part.

[@gavinfroggatt1760]

Powered by J85 engines

[@gavinfroggatt1760]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_262_Project

[@_Jester_]

It helps if you can read and search for the german word, which is "nachbau". Then you find the following (among other details): max. Speed 780km/h engines 2x GE CJ-610-9 power output 2x 13,8 kN (1.406 kp) The engines are used mostly in business jets like Learjets and others.

[@stevebroughton4787]

I know this is a replica........but it encompasses the genius of Willie Messerschmitt. The 'Schwalbe' is a beautiful machine

[@C_C_SEA]

💯

[@fredievinson7944]

It hangs their suspended from the sky... Like some heavy metal fruit

[@sortofgrim]

Is this an original or replica?

[@ElwynR]

replica

[@pumelo1]

@@ElwynR Wrong bro. It is "quasi -replica! Because this plane was made in US with shortened US CJ610 turbojet engine and have new serial number and this version is called A1c😉

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@pumelo1 It's somewhere in-between reproduction and new version. It has changes from the original factory design.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

sortofgrim Christ man do you ever pay attention or Read the damn comments ???? It is a REPLICA !!!!! A REPLICA !!!!! Got it ?????

[@electricbassist8009]

"What was that ??? !! "

[@alexv8150]

One of the most beautiful things ever made

[@penguin44ca]

Did 'nazi' this coming!

[@JohnSmith-dn6fk]

Fine German engineering,beautiful

[@colby7625]

That is crazy we can still see this history. If I had a choice I'd ride in one of these over an F 22.

[@bartman9400]

Fun fact the Horton 229 and the Messerschmitt 262 used the same jet engines although the Horton would never see combat, yet it’s design would soon be used to create the B2 spirit of today.

[@R1J3H]

This is false. The HO 229 was not in anyway an inspiration to the B2, this is a popular myth it was and devalues the original engineer who was also responsible for the design

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@R1J3H Correct, the B2 was created from Northrop's original flying wing that was started in 1941.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@FiveCentsPlease YRUE long befor the USA knew about the Ho229 !!!

[@mich298]

Reptilian Airplane 🐉🐉🐉

[@cloudstreets1396]

Amazing aircraft. Just imagine how advanced we would be if we were allies with the Reich rather than England.

[@hekatoncheiros208]

3rd Reich was built on fear and corruption, with self serving , foolish leaders. It would have imploded sooner or later without any interference from the Allies. Thank God America did follow Britain and bring about it’s demise earlier.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

cloudstrees HELLO !!!! The Germans lost the war !!!!!

[@bobingram6912]

I know it's not real but it still gives you that hairs on the back of your neck moment😮 Thanks Elwyn, glad she was up early before the rain set in. More nostalgia please😂😂😂😂

[@richtea7868]

It’s as real as most of the Spitfires that are still flying though. I think it’s amazing

[@ddot2016]

German excellence

[@pvught390]

Nothing can match German design technology and know-how.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

pvught Is that why Germany lost two world wars ???? The USA out produced, out technicaled and beat the Gearmans !!!

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

The Me-262 is the terror jet that killed my American grandparents.

[@AungThit-w7p]

မြန်မာပြည်မှာ --- ရဟန်းတွေသတ်ခံထိတာ အပါး ခုနှစ်ဆယ်နဲ့ ရှစ်ဆယ်ကြားရှိမယ်နော်။ အဲဒီထဲမှာ- သောတပန်တည်နေတဲ့-- (တည်နိင်တဲ့ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်တွေပါ) တယ်။ ငါ အမှန်အကန်ပြောတာနော်" မင်းတို့ မလွယ်ဘူး။

[@nicholasdelgadillo5406]

HEIL

[@sigistrele5835]

Undoubtedly a technical marvel. The ME 262 has its rightful place in the history of aviation. Adolf Galland : It's like an angel pushing!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

They were flying junk, engines no good !!!

[@tbwpiper189]

A lethal piece of aviation history. Swallow, my ass. Flying viper, more like it.

[@ElwynR]

I hear what your saying

[@jackelracer593]

how long til this historic relic is destroyed like the all the remaining allied warbirds?

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

jackelracer It is NOT a historical relic, it is a REPRODUCTION !!!!!