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The Screaming Death Jet That Left Pilots Terrified
Screaming through the skies at an unprecedented 540 miles per hour, Germany’s Messerschmitt Me 262 ripped through Allied fighters, outpacing them by more than 100 miles per hour. Its arsenal of four 30-millimeter cannons spat destruction, capable of ripping through the toughest bomber armor with terrifying ease, while its advanced engines allowed it to soar to altitudes where many Allied aircraft gasped for air. The Nazis may have been staring at impending defeat, but this airplane seemed like a sudden miracle from God - the first operational jet fighter.
But from the perspective of Allied pilots, it was the devil’s work. The appearance of these aircraft over Europe sent shockwaves through...
But from the perspective of Allied pilots, it was the devil’s work. The appearance of these aircraft over Europe sent shockwaves through...
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The Super Secret Darkwing Bomber
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Throughout aviation history, few aircraft have captured the imagination quite like the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. This bat-winged behemoth, with its otherworldly silhouette and ghostly ability to slip undetected through the most sophisticated air defenses, represents the pinnacle of stealth technology. Born in the shadows of Cold War paranoia and nurtured by cutting-edge aerospace innovation,...
The Plane That Shattered All Logic with Its Radical Design
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In the skies over Moscow in 1997 emerged an aircraft unlike any other. With wings swept forward at a striking 20-degree angle, giving it a unique profile seemingly defiant of aerodynamic logic, the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut shocked observers and sent ripples through the global aviation community. This wasn't just an experimental prototype; it was a glimpse into a possible future of air combat that ch...
The Most Secret Airplane to Ever Fly Over America?
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The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the world's first swept-wing bomber, a pioneer that revolutionized aviation design. When it first took to the skies in 1947, it looked like nothing else on Earth - with its six engines suspended under razor-thin wings, it seemed to have arrived from the future. The B-47 was not just a looker; it was also blindingly fast. In 1949, it smashed the cross-country speed ...
The Super Rare Interceptor No One Wanted To See
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In the tense years following World War 2, as the Cold War began to take shape, the United States found itself facing a new and unprecedented threat: the possibility of Soviet bombers penetrating American airspace. To counter this danger, the U.S. Army Air Force needed a new breed of aircraft - one capable of operating in all weather conditions, day or night, to intercept and destroy enemy bombe...
The US Air Force Was Crazy Not to Build More of These
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In the twilight years of the Cold War, a phantom emerged from the shadows of the United States' most secretive aircraft development programs. The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was not just another fighter jet - it was a glimpse into the future of aerial warfare, a revolution in stealth technology that pushed the boundaries of what was thought possible in military aviation. Born from the Unit...
This Fighter Jet Is One of the Weirdest Ever Made
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In aviation history, few aircraft capture the imagination quite like the de Havilland Sea Vixen. With its alien-like twin-boom design and offset cockpit, this British bird of prey looks like it flew straight out of a science fiction movie. But make no mistake - the Sea Vixen was very real, and it packed a punch that made it the terror of the skies during the Cold War. As the last all-British fi...
The Weird Aircraft That Changed Air Combat Without Even a Fight
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The Gloster Meteor, Britain's first operational jet fighter, streaked across the skies of World War 2 heralding the dawn of the jet age in Allied aviation, its twin engines howling the end of propeller-driven combat aircraft. A product of wartime innovation, the Meteor's distinctive twin-boom design and sleek fuselage cut a striking silhouette against the war-torn European skies. But it was mor...
The Aircraft That Almost Caused Jets to Never Happen
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In the heat of World War 2, America's quest for aerial supremacy led to some of the most daring engineering feats ever attempted. At the forefront was the XP-55 Ascender, an aircraft so advanced it looked like something out of science fiction. With its 1,275 horsepower engine innovatively placed behind the cockpit, the XP-55 was designed to maximize aerodynamic efficiency and maneuverability. I...
The $21 Billion Bomber That Was a Total Nightmare to Build
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In the mid-1950s, as the Cold War escalated, the Royal Air Force sought a new aircraft, leading to one of the most ambitious aviation projects in British history: the BAC TSR-2. Designed to fly at supersonic speeds, carry a diverse array of weaponry, and operate from short, rough airfields, the TSR-2 would reposition Britain as a leader in aerial warfare. From its conception, the TSR-2 showcase...
The Plane That Was So Fast It Ended up in Space
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The North American X-15 stands as a towering achievement in the chronicles of aerospace innovation, embodying the relentless quest for speed and the daring spirit of exploration that would take it to the edge of space. Emerging in the late 1950s as Cold War tensions drove the United States’ thirst for technology, this sleek, rocket-powered pioneer set new benchmarks in aviation, reaching dizzyi...
The Twin Monster That Took Down Jets
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Looking like something from science fiction with its unusual double-fuselage design, the North American F-82 Twin Mustang was undoubtedly one of the most unconventional warbirds ever to take to the skies. Born in the crucible of World War 2 and coming of age in the dawn of the Cold War, the F-82 was the last piston-powered fighter commissioned by the United States Air Force. The aircraft's dist...
The Black Magic Plane
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With its sleek, menacing twin-engine design merging seamlessly into a streamlined fuselage, the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a revolutionary marvel of the late 1940s, born from the minds of visionary engineers at McDonnell Aircraft. The XF-88 boasted unprecedented agility and power, designed as the ultimate bomber escort-a supersonic watchdog of the skies, ready to shepherd bombers to their targe...
The Most Chilling Plane of WW2
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Piloting a P-61 Black Widow was both an electrifying and daunting mission. As the first American aircraft built specifically for night fighting, its futuristic design and cutting-edge technology seemed light years ahead. Unlike the conventional single-engine fighters, this beauty showcased raw power and ingenuity with her sleek twin-boom design and central fuselage pod. Yet, the thought of dogf...
The Flying Brick That Shocked and Changed Aviation Forever
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The Bell P-59 Airacomet stands as a pivotal landmark in the annals of American aviation history. Developed as a top-secret project in the early 1940s as World War 2 sparked a frantic technology race between the major world powers, the Bell P-59 Airacomet was the United States’ first ever jet fighter, heralding a new era of aerial combat and aeronautical innovation. While it carried over many fe...
The Weirdly Massive Firetrap Bomber That Terrified Everyone
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The Weirdly Massive Firetrap Bomber That Terrified Everyone
The Flaming Pencil - Britain's Supersonic Jet That Almost Melted Itself
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The Flaming Pencil - Britain's Supersonic Jet That Almost Melted Itself
The Beastly Propeller Fighter that Demolished Modern Jets
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The Beastly Propeller Fighter that Demolished Modern Jets
When They Built a Strange Super Wide F-16
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When They Built a Strange Super Wide F-16
The Outlandish Bomber that Left the Enemy Utterly Stumped
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The Outlandish Bomber that Left the Enemy Utterly Stumped
The Fighter Jet with Backwards Wings
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The Fighter Jet with Backwards Wings
The Deadliest Japanese Aircraft with Insane Range Mistaken for Carrier-Based
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The Deadliest Japanese Aircraft with Insane Range Mistaken for Carrier-Based
The Giant-Winged Plane That Somehow Became Invisible
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The Giant-Winged Plane That Somehow Became Invisible
The Killer Flying Beast That Was Too Deadly for Its Time
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The Killer Flying Beast That Was Too Deadly for Its Time
The Most Unstoppable Flying Beast Ever Produced by the US
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The Most Unstoppable Flying Beast Ever Produced by the US
The Unmatched Fighter-Interceptor That Broke All Aviation Rules
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The Unmatched Fighter-Interceptor That Broke All Aviation Rules
The High-Stakes Bomber Only the Bravest Pilots Dare to Fly
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The High-Stakes Bomber Only the Bravest Pilots Dare to Fly
US's Most Unexpected Combat Plane with a Deadly Sound
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US's Most Unexpected Combat Plane with a Deadly Sound
GERMAN ENGINEERING DURING WW2 WAS UNPARALLELLED IN HISTORY!!!! WHO SAYS NAZI GERMANY WAS BACKWARD?
You need to know your subject. An ME 262 is nothing like the picture of th3 Arado 234.
One could have mentioned Dornier’s existing research into the centreline thrust concept which had already led to a proof of concept prototype when the Mixmaster was conceived. Also the first 335 Pfeil prototype already flew in 1943.
Ahead of its time. Well now it smells like shit. Like American shit.
Miss BF109 thing is bugging me it's been Emmy 109 my entire life it will always be there and you mentioned both of them in the video can we just go back I mean Pluto is a planet again thank goodness let's just make Emmy 109 again
The official German designation was indeed BF-109. The allies called it the Me-109, so the victors name wins - unless you are an aircraft historian and use the correct nomenclature. There is a LOT wrong with this video, but the Bf-109 designation is not incorrect. To me the funniest error is the statement that the nose wheel kept the jet exhaust further from the ground, reducing the risk of foreign object inhalation. The nose wheel actually puts the jet intakes closer to the ground, increasing the risk of foreign object damage! .
Even if the Germans had used any of the research from Frank Whittle's design, the design for the Junkers Jumo 004 was totally opposite that of the Whittle Jet engine. The Whittle jet engine was a centrifugal compressor design, while the Jumo was a Axial compressor design, which would later prove to be the best and now most common design.
What bomber armor? Aluminum sheet about as thin as a 3"x5" index card. So thin a pellet air gun could puncture it.
The B-17 used considerable amount of armor, which was increased incrementally over the war with each new varrient. I was particularly impressed by the armor for the waist gunners (used to protect them against flak coming up from below) on the B-17G. The pilots had a decent bit of armor for them in the seats as well as the dash.
Was a total fkn dud , outclassed by theBeaufighter and Mosquito
Thanks to the Fokker g-1 Dutch designers:)
Useless piece of crap. Waste of money and resources when there was much better aircraft doing a much better job. But of course we can't say things like that in case we offend our american cousins. We can't say things like de Havilland mosquito in case it creates penis envy. ✌️☮️🌍❤️
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This was a 4th gen. airplane.
Arc-170 is based off of the black widow
Click baiting with a photo of the AR 234, poor taste! Also, the Me 262 prototype had conventional tail dragger) landing gear. Hitler forced the change to Tricycle gear when he demanded the 262 be a multi-role aircraft instead of a straight fighter. Lucky for the allies, that change delayed deployment. Had the original gone active when it was first built, the war might have gone quite different.
Good video. Well done
Well, stupid Hitler completely misused the 262 to be a bomber, not a fighter, and thereby saved the Allies.
It is basically an enlarged P-38.
TO much wrong info and showing german fighters shot down while talking about allied fighters.
Spirit of Hawaii also crashed
The video is completely inaccurate about the barely swept wing being chosen for high speed performance. Another RUclips channel that doesn't do proper research and just regurgitates the usual uninformed narrative. On Feb 8 1940 there was a meeting on 262 project definition and construction status. Woldemar Voight, head of the M262 design team, stated in a later interview that that the reason for choosing the straight wing had nothing to do with high-speed aerodynamics: “BWM soon ascertained that is turbojet would be still larger and appreciably heavier than the company’s least sanguine revised calculations had suggested, thus presenting us with serious centre of gravity problems. Aircraft development had progressed too far for us to dramatically revise its layout and we were forced to introduce what we considered a somewhat inelegant ‘fix’ in the form of swept outer wing panels to resolve the CG difficulties presented by the heavier engines. Thus, it was to be purely fortuitous that the Me262 was to become the world first operational fighter featuring wing sweepback; a radical departure that, at this stage at least, reflected no attempt to reduce the effects of compressibility.” Dan Sharp's book contains documents illustrating that only the outer wing panels were swept to resolve this issue. It was much later that it was decided to extend the leading edge of the inboard panels to match the same minor sweepback angle. Much later on they there were experiments exploring the characteristics of more highly swept wings on the 262 wind tunnel models, but that was use of the 262 design as a base for research that had nothing to do with the design of the 262 then in production.
Thee wing sweep on the Me262 was not for aerodynamics, it was for weight an balance: They needed to get the aircraft CG farther aft without moving the CG of the engines.
Yes, the video is completely inaccurate about the barely swept wing being chosen for high speed performance. Another RUclips channel that doesn't do proper research and just regurgitates the usual uninformed narrative. On Feb 8 1940 there was a meeting on 262 project definition and construction status. Woldemar Voight, head of the M262 design team, stated in a later interview that that the reason for choosing the straight wing had nothing to do with high-speed aerodynamics. Voight: “BWM soon ascertained that is turbojet would be still larger and appreciably heavier than the company’s least sanguine revised calculations had suggested, thus presenting us with serious centre of gravity problems. Aircraft development had progressed too far for us to dramatically revise its layout and we were forced to introduce what we considered a somewhat inelegant ‘fix’ in the form of swept outer wing panels to resolve the CG difficulties presented by the heavier engines. Thus, it was to be purely fortuitous that the Me262 was to become the world first operational fighter featuring wing sweepback; a radical departure that, at this stage at least, reflected no attempt to reduce the effects of compressibility.” Dan Sharp's book contains documents illustrating that only the outer wing panels were swept to resolve this issue. It was much later that it was decided to extend the leading edge of the inboard panels to match the same minor sweepback angle. Much later on they there were experiments exploring the characteristics of more highly swept wings on the 262 wind tunnel models, but that was use of the 262 design as a base for research that had nothing to do with the design of the 262 then in production.
It was a compromise. Ever do any design work?
When I was in the Air Force we called this plane Tweety Bird
Rarely have I seen anything with so much absolutely and obviously wrong information, what a waste! Channel blocked.
Inaccurate info. Wrong description of locations of parts of the fuselage. Pictures are not synchronized with dialogue.
Of the 1430 Messerschmitt Me 262 built, 542 where shot down with the claimed kills of 509 that is a 1:1 kill ratio.....to little, to late and not bloody good! Rule Britannia, then America got into the game....The Nazis didn't stand a chance!
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bomber armour......what armour would that be.....the army helmets the crew wore?....
I'm gonna assume you're being facetious...
The airflow into the intake can not be supersonic if the aircraft is only capable of 540mph.
This channel never knows what it is talking about. It patches together phrases seen elsewhere that it doesn't understand into a word salad it thinks sounds impressive.
Always love the claim of the German who invented the engines, in fact it’s a stupid British Patent failure as Sir Frank Whittle designed and built both types of jet engines but the lack of £5 that the RAF refused to pay to keep the invention allowed Germany to acquire all drawings then take up a Patent of their own on the British design. Strangely they chose the most difficult and unreliable short life version. Whittle went on to prove the better design eventually sidelined by Rolls Royce and Bristol who were given the right by Government. Whittles Company eventually got swallowed by both manufacturers with RR eventually being given Bristol Engines.
With a patent, the design would be public, and Germany had no compunction about violating British Patent law. Better to keep the design un-patented and secret.
@ if you read the history of Sir Frank Whittle and his jet design, Germany infringed no design patent they too the option of a lapsed British design patent and used it. Whittle was shafted all the way by the British Government as well as Rover cars who thought what he was saying about materials were a joke, eventually the Rover Jet factory was passed to Rolls Royce who again did Whittle over. He had even been shafted by a scientist who became a minister who could not get his own gas turbine to work. In the 60s it was questioned as to why Whittle worked for America improving design, like Barnes Wallis he had enough of British lack of trust. No wonder we lost so many innovators abroad.
@@Janette1723 America also lost a few, like Deming, the Quality Control expert who could not get work in the US after WWII. He had to go to Japan, where he revamped their entire production system and achieved high product quality. Now the top QC award is named after him.
I think it was overrated - at least over Europe. It was little faster or even slower than all German, late-war night fighters. The problem was she was too big. The twin-engined F7F Tigercat had slightly less powerful engines, similar range and identical firepower. But was almost 100 mph faster than the Black Widow. ☮
It was all political
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The nose gear retracted AFT into the fuselage, not forward!
B29 didn't exist yet. Bit of Over Kill for B17s.
sure it did- the B 29 entered service June of 44- the 262 entered service April 44. If you knew from your intelligence services that the B29 was in development you would not wait until you saw one to develop your countermeasures
The F106 did not have a capsule ejection seat. I spent 9 years at McChord AFB, 318th FIS, working on the Six.
Poorly researched and riddled with errors.
With 1500 of these monsters built they should have been able to sweep the skies but you know what they did they lost pilots after pilots after pilots until they were ultimately defeated. In reality the plane was nothing more than a hunk of junk. Have they had about five years to work out all of the bugs it might have been a formidable fighter. But America had something even better than fighter jets that had the atomic bomb.
yep, THE WIDOW WAS ONE BAD ASS NIGHT FIGHTER FOR SURE. 706 widows were made only 4 are left all in Museums. also 6 pilots became aces in it
If me-262 had entered the conflict any earlier, it would not have been necessary at all, because it would mean the naz!'s had been gods, which they were not. People refuse to realize that 262 was only possible because of what Germany had taken illegally up until that point. Whipping that b!tch together while the bombs of consequence were raining down around them, was the exact _goal_ of that war, luckily the allies beat them to it. The question of what happens when you leave a maniacal genius all alone to persecute and leverage a population has already been answered with "WW2."
Deciving thumbnail as it shows an Arado Ar234
Good comment. I am convinced that some creators are so self-centred that they don't care what they do.
Yep, I couldn't be bothered watching the video because of this.
Here it is 80 years later & this jet is still so beautiful.
Heard about this jet plane. As I understand it, the upper crust in the Nazi Government early on thought that WWII would have been done and finished in just a year or two. This plane was put on the back burner for a few years.
Yup... also Hitler butted in as usual, insisting it be a fighter/bomber, delaying it even further!
@@gregmacdonald7710 Just like the situation when Dornitz wanted to build more U-boats to sink Allied shipping (those old, slow Liberty ships didn't have a chance), Hitler wanted to build dreadnought battleships like the Bismarck...we all know how that turned out.
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better hope those troops can win in less than 2 months cause trump just got elected here in the usa and we dont want him to keep funding a war that was avoidable from the start
@@paktahnavoidable by just giving in to an invader?
@@Ob1sdarkside um you cant honestly act like the ukrainian gov is innocent in this whole mess it is well known internationally that the ukrainian government had been mistreating ethnic russians that were living in the disputed region for a long time one could argue that germanys invasion of poland at the onset of ww2 was for the same reason it is also known that your president was coerced into not using diplomatic solutions by a combination of the biden white house and britains prime minister boris johnson through promises of support and leading your government along with the hopes of joining nato which seeking to join nato violates a treaty ukraine had with russia so ukraine is not faultless in the mess and anyone from the outside can see that both sides are at fault i dont support either side and think that doing so is a waste of usa taxpayer dollars and the sanctions placed on russia have done more to hurt people world wide by driving fuel cost up more than it has helped ukraine sadly the people in both your country and russia are the ones who have to pay the price for your government getting manipulated into not negotiating to avoid war all so that wealthy law makers in the west can make money of of weapon sales for a new conflict
Trump will stop the support. He love Putin
Considering where Germany was when this was made plus Hitler's wrong decisions on how it was used, coupled with how unreliable the engines were...I doubt the ME262 'almost won WW2'...
I had a cousin who flew in the P61. He was shot down over Italy and he is buried in Italy.
What is this rubbish!!! Ever heard of the mosquito. Watch the fat electrician. Way better than this tripe.
Funny how the Avro Arrow was cancelled in Canada and all of a sudden the US has a delta interceptor. The Canadian government was weak and delusional to think the missile intercept systems that we were forced to pay for would actually work and that if they did would be better than an actual interceptor. Shame on Canada and Shame on the US for misleading and taking advantage of us.
Mosquito was excellent...but not at night.
Lt. Col. Richard O. "Dick" Stewart flew these in the 419th in the South Pacific. He first had a P-38J which he named "Elusive Susie" and had two confirmed kills. When the P-61s finally arrived, he of course named his "Elusive Susie II", but had no additional kills. A post-note: after he went back stateside, he went on a double-date in San Francisco right after V-J Day and found his elusive Susie in the other man's date. Her name was Susanne Sharp, and they were married for 69 years until he died in 2015. They were my parents.
When i was young, we had the Boeing 747 airplane
That's BS the brits had the beaufighter and the mosquito both heavily armed and with radar. So stop making up your own facts.