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

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @knightflightvideo
    @knightflightvideo  6 лет назад +422

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

    • @BlueWolf-zm3rg
      @BlueWolf-zm3rg 6 лет назад +5

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

    • @knightflightvideo
      @knightflightvideo  6 лет назад +12

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

    • @ranekeisenkralle8265
      @ranekeisenkralle8265 5 лет назад +4

      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
      @Ken-ks7wz 5 лет назад +2

      ​@@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
      @jacksonsmith4514 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @wyattwalker3868
    @wyattwalker3868 4 года назад +4420

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

    • @caula1815
      @caula1815 4 года назад +173

      *shoots down civilian aircrafts*

    • @samson9535
      @samson9535 4 года назад +331

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

    • @bebopalloobop
      @bebopalloobop 4 года назад +162

      CLARRRKSONNN!!!

    • @yahyamuhaimin3268
      @yahyamuhaimin3268 4 года назад +177

      Hans have to finish order

    • @MemeReviewer
      @MemeReviewer 4 года назад +10

      @@caula1815 lol you mean AIRCRAFT

  • @tiziokcaiok3110
    @tiziokcaiok3110 2 года назад +742

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

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 2 года назад +8

      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
      @helicorreia4851 2 года назад +10

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

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 Год назад

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

    • @philippbohland2420
      @philippbohland2420 Год назад +1

      ​@@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.

    • @UkrainianPaulie
      @UkrainianPaulie Год назад

      This one wasn't made by slave labor.

  • @majortom6351
    @majortom6351 5 лет назад +2367

    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
      @bradleysanders5858 5 лет назад +24

      Sounds to an old F4 WSO.

    • @eroche12
      @eroche12 5 лет назад +56

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

    • @Gabriel-mh5ln
      @Gabriel-mh5ln 4 года назад +28

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

    • @tuckrex2038
      @tuckrex2038 4 года назад +13

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

    • @warrenash5370
      @warrenash5370 4 года назад +6

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

  • @reaperelecti490
    @reaperelecti490 4 года назад +877

    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
      @markewings7525 4 года назад +60

      Sky shark is a brilliant name for it

    • @alias_aka_alias
      @alias_aka_alias 4 года назад +26

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

    • @JacobA6464
      @JacobA6464 3 года назад +8

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

    • @AuroranMinistryofPropaganda
      @AuroranMinistryofPropaganda 3 года назад +32

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

    • @bobuboi4643
      @bobuboi4643 3 года назад +6

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

  • @marcysss93
    @marcysss93 6 лет назад +2739

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

    • @cielweiss8288
      @cielweiss8288 5 лет назад +178

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

    • @northerntier87
      @northerntier87 5 лет назад +49

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

    • @harrisoncarter5969
      @harrisoncarter5969 5 лет назад +18

      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
      @henrikknudsen8125 5 лет назад +2

      @@Ethan-vj5mt unless your name is chuck

    • @oscarcraven8696
      @oscarcraven8696 5 лет назад +8

      REAL “medicinal” A-10 warthog moment

  • @zsoltpapp3363
    @zsoltpapp3363 4 года назад +448

    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
      @vagnerlivre8697 3 года назад +7

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

    • @TheBunnyBashers
      @TheBunnyBashers 2 года назад +25

      Necessity is the mother of invention

    • @nobilesnovushomo58
      @nobilesnovushomo58 2 года назад

      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
      @rolexomegaspecialist9411 2 года назад +22

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

    • @مقاطعمترجمة-ش8ث
      @مقاطعمترجمة-ش8ث 2 года назад +5

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

  • @Steverogers-s8k
    @Steverogers-s8k 3 года назад +2261

    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.😳😵🤯

    • @CessnaFlyerVT
      @CessnaFlyerVT 3 года назад +161

      lol not even 100 years but okay

    • @DaSniper406
      @DaSniper406 3 года назад +124

      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
      @intriguingfacts5434 3 года назад +89

      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
      @jamescherry8482 3 года назад +47

      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
      @evgenidimitrov9703 3 года назад +186

      @@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.

  • @wideputin19
    @wideputin19 3 года назад +142

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

  • @bushmanPMRR
    @bushmanPMRR 4 года назад +176

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

    • @ivanjulian2532
      @ivanjulian2532 Год назад +3

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

  • @AvaToyShow
    @AvaToyShow 5 лет назад +1219

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

    • @flycatchful
      @flycatchful 5 лет назад +20

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

    • @Wavey1988
      @Wavey1988 4 года назад +24

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

    • @reconnaissance7372
      @reconnaissance7372 4 года назад +8

      @@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
      @siegfried2k4 4 года назад +6

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

    • @we_love_animals8160
      @we_love_animals8160 4 года назад +5

      Reminds me of big shark

  • @aXemRanger1
    @aXemRanger1 6 лет назад +2835

    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
      @rudolfhoedl8099 6 лет назад +1

      aXe m
      I have

    • @rudolfhoedl8099
      @rudolfhoedl8099 6 лет назад +1

      aXe m sawa

    • @Kotstulle81
      @Kotstulle81 6 лет назад +156

      Great Story mate. Greetings from Germany.

    • @jduff59
      @jduff59 6 лет назад +130

      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
      @jacopochiefjaco123 6 лет назад +105

      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.

  • @jamesburris4078
    @jamesburris4078 3 года назад +126

    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
      @WildEdits08 2 года назад +2

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

    • @autova6205
      @autova6205 2 года назад +3

      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
      @sandozpop6017 2 года назад

      jb - Menachem Begin said...

    • @Super_Tristan1005
      @Super_Tristan1005 2 года назад

      @@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.

    • @giantskeleton420
      @giantskeleton420 Год назад +3

      @@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.

  • @Bodhi594
    @Bodhi594 7 лет назад +1931

    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
      @bruceburton9264 7 лет назад +326

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

    • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547
      @terraflow__bryanburdo4547 7 лет назад +221

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

    • @therealniksongs
      @therealniksongs 7 лет назад +153

      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
      @SchwazeGarde 7 лет назад +177

      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
      @Sundara229 6 лет назад +25

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

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 5 лет назад +2115

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

    • @mightyirish
      @mightyirish 4 года назад +326

      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
      @norwayitalo 4 года назад +90

      or WTF just flew over my head now

    • @dirtbikerswe1979
      @dirtbikerswe1979 4 года назад +222

      @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
      @josephbarone428 4 года назад +190

      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
      @bigmeme8464 4 года назад +22

      @Ville Hannula Chuck Yeager was a badass mate

  • @christianriddler5063
    @christianriddler5063 5 лет назад +558

    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
      @alanrobinson4318 4 года назад +56

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

    • @NotNicot
      @NotNicot 4 года назад +17

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

    • @gdfggggg
      @gdfggggg 4 года назад +25

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

    • @crimeon1782
      @crimeon1782 4 года назад +5

      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
      @lawmover8400 4 года назад +4

      @@alanrobinson4318 wannabe a german?

  • @slavabtomat
    @slavabtomat 3 года назад +177

    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
      @realname5332 2 года назад +1

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

    • @Mfields4517
      @Mfields4517 2 года назад +5

      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
      @adrienperie6119 2 года назад +1

      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
      @therealmeik 2 года назад +5

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

    • @adrienperie6119
      @adrienperie6119 2 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @jasonargone5993
    @jasonargone5993 7 лет назад +355

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

    • @tortugabob
      @tortugabob 7 лет назад +17

      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
      @demanischaffer 7 лет назад +10

      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
      @blaster112 7 лет назад +4

      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
      @opoxious1592 7 лет назад

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

    • @g.bailey4246
      @g.bailey4246 7 лет назад +3

      Almost everything the Germans designed was beautiful and menacing.

  • @bageled_meme9867
    @bageled_meme9867 5 лет назад +563

    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
      @silvergtotwinturbo9984 4 года назад +5

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

    • @sandervanderkammen9230
      @sandervanderkammen9230 4 года назад +44

      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
      @xx_lightning_xx5781 4 года назад +2

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

    • @scorchclasstitan6727
      @scorchclasstitan6727 4 года назад +4

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

    • @maxchangarrido7841
      @maxchangarrido7841 4 года назад +9

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

  • @gokublack4211
    @gokublack4211 6 лет назад +718

    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
      @fedex4real92 5 лет назад +15

      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
      @Anto84542 5 лет назад +67

      Fedex4Real...wrong.

    • @PpunktP
      @PpunktP 5 лет назад +3

      And not just in the war business

    • @steffenrosmus1864
      @steffenrosmus1864 5 лет назад +6

      Stg 43 was the first Greman assault rifle

    • @doods09
      @doods09 5 лет назад +4

      _Randomness _ please look up the 21 class submarine.

  • @ronalddunne3413
    @ronalddunne3413 2 года назад +27

    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.

  • @mriankarim
    @mriankarim 7 лет назад +157

    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
      @knightflightvideo  7 лет назад +2

      Thanks for watching and sub my channel! :-)

    • @newhuskytwenty
      @newhuskytwenty 7 лет назад +4

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

    • @sandwich506
      @sandwich506 6 лет назад

      rusfian karim honor*

    • @Orbitalresonancefrequencies
      @Orbitalresonancefrequencies 6 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @chrisl7902
    @chrisl7902 6 лет назад +972

    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
      @cosmo4698 6 лет назад +16

      Chris L really interesting.

    • @chasbranson6905
      @chasbranson6905 5 лет назад +43

      At least he did find this out in the end.

    • @MalenkiyKabanchyk
      @MalenkiyKabanchyk 5 лет назад +46

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

    • @tripwire3992
      @tripwire3992 5 лет назад +2

      Nice

    • @joshcasey5140
      @joshcasey5140 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @paulcateiii
    @paulcateiii 7 лет назад +344

    beautiful aircraft ahead of it's time

    • @Wanderer628
      @Wanderer628 7 лет назад +5

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

    • @gufo_tave
      @gufo_tave 7 лет назад +5

      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
      @dom3827 6 лет назад +20

      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_
      @Zerfix_ 6 лет назад +1

      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
      @r.j.dunnill1465 6 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @paulredhead8603
    @paulredhead8603 3 года назад +38

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

  • @biurokonto1769
    @biurokonto1769 6 лет назад +279

    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
      @khemararab2833 5 лет назад

      Yotb

    • @PugMaxer
      @PugMaxer 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @jorge8596
      @jorge8596 5 лет назад +1

      Sukhois are the most beautiful fighters imo

    • @kristijanmedved6066
      @kristijanmedved6066 5 лет назад +8

      Ho229 is the king of looks

    • @joshcasey5140
      @joshcasey5140 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @KMN-bg3yu
    @KMN-bg3yu 5 лет назад +447

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

    • @Javier-1399
      @Javier-1399 5 лет назад +62

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

    • @moviereviews541
      @moviereviews541 5 лет назад +61

      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
      @wieslawszypniewski6954 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @tomwolak3362
      @tomwolak3362 5 лет назад +10

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

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 5 лет назад +8

      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.

  • @MegaKaiser45
    @MegaKaiser45 4 года назад +1003

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

    • @guestuser1671
      @guestuser1671 4 года назад +105

      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
      @benjackson7872 4 года назад +3

      Lol!

    • @floriang7435
      @floriang7435 4 года назад +110

      Germans helped aliens

    • @MrMotoMojo
      @MrMotoMojo 4 года назад +27

      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
      @williamholdstrom1879 4 года назад +29

      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.

  • @ashman4827
    @ashman4827 3 года назад +10

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

  • @LarsBahner
    @LarsBahner 4 года назад +49

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

    • @TheCanalZone
      @TheCanalZone 2 года назад +2

      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.

  • @Zakalwe-01
    @Zakalwe-01 7 лет назад +287

    So elegant and menacing.

    • @Gorilla_Jones
      @Gorilla_Jones 6 лет назад +6

      Most German weaponry had an "elegant lethality"

    • @gokublack4211
      @gokublack4211 5 лет назад +2

      *cough cough* .. MG42

  • @mirola73
    @mirola73 7 лет назад +933

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

    • @deaddog5344
      @deaddog5344 6 лет назад +7

      What did he do?

    • @oron61
      @oron61 6 лет назад +70

      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
      @dulls8475 6 лет назад +72

      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
      @frankanderson5012 6 лет назад +48

      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
      @alexandrelira8679 6 лет назад +47

      @@dulls8475 Butthurt and jealous...

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 3 года назад +17

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

  • @BadRonald1
    @BadRonald1 6 лет назад +11

    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
      @EngelinZivilBO 5 лет назад

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

    • @noahh914
      @noahh914 5 лет назад

      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.

  • @cgpyper7536
    @cgpyper7536 6 лет назад +41

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

  • @georgebeavis5499
    @georgebeavis5499 5 лет назад +26

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

  • @pavelsokol_off393
    @pavelsokol_off393 3 года назад +64

    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

  • @MexicanAmericanPhilippines
    @MexicanAmericanPhilippines 5 лет назад +270

    Germans where way ahead of their time.

    • @dodibenabba1378
      @dodibenabba1378 4 года назад +18

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

    • @lawmover8400
      @lawmover8400 4 года назад +9

      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
      @sigma_frenchie4075 3 года назад +4

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

    • @lawmover8400
      @lawmover8400 3 года назад +6

      @@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
      @lan8401 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @williamkeyser1977
    @williamkeyser1977 5 лет назад +27

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

  • @norbertzznagy
    @norbertzznagy 6 лет назад +33

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

  • @TheLarix
    @TheLarix 4 года назад +15

    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
      @jamesburris4078 3 года назад

      She is a beautiful lady ain't she?

    • @nateoverthehorizon1176
      @nateoverthehorizon1176 2 года назад

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

  • @Sillymarin
    @Sillymarin 4 года назад +26

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

  • @VMBproduction
    @VMBproduction 5 лет назад +93

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

    • @knightflightvideo
      @knightflightvideo  5 лет назад +7

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

  • @silvirhunter3607
    @silvirhunter3607 4 года назад +19

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

  • @genius4483
    @genius4483 3 года назад +8

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

  • @Prreinke
    @Prreinke 6 лет назад +5

    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
      @ianballinger7644 5 лет назад

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

  • @martinjrgensen8234
    @martinjrgensen8234 5 лет назад +19

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

  • @mushroomcloud1
    @mushroomcloud1 5 лет назад +80

    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
      @tonydrake3770 5 лет назад +2

      I'm impressed.

    • @tonydrake3770
      @tonydrake3770 5 лет назад

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

    • @gpdude22
      @gpdude22 4 года назад +1

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

    • @aaroncowles2504
      @aaroncowles2504 2 года назад

      @@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

  • @wartberg111
    @wartberg111 4 года назад +10

    Was für eine Legende! Einfach nur wunderschön!

  • @Captain_Brian78
    @Captain_Brian78 5 лет назад +35

    The ME 262 was a great looking aircraft!

  • @flfun1684
    @flfun1684 7 лет назад +88

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

    • @marcob4630
      @marcob4630 6 лет назад +8

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

    • @rasseliste4095
      @rasseliste4095 6 лет назад

      I dont see the problem in that

    • @program4215
      @program4215 6 лет назад +5

      @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
      @butthurt8 6 лет назад

      marco brenni typical liberal sheep respond without research yourself.

    • @farpointgamingdirect
      @farpointgamingdirect 6 лет назад

      Didn't the Volksjager come first?

  • @arifcso6633
    @arifcso6633 4 года назад +308

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

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 4 года назад +3

      XD

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 4 года назад +38

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

    • @BUSTER.BRATAMUS
      @BUSTER.BRATAMUS 4 года назад +7

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

    • @BUSTER.BRATAMUS
      @BUSTER.BRATAMUS 4 года назад +3

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

    • @scorchclasstitan6727
      @scorchclasstitan6727 4 года назад +7

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

  • @clementevaldez1271
    @clementevaldez1271 2 года назад +2

    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...

  • @jipe4509
    @jipe4509 5 лет назад +303

    Seventy five years later ... always modern design.

    • @brucestorey3400
      @brucestorey3400 5 лет назад +17

      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
      @beurteilung713 5 лет назад +22

      @@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
      @Kaldisti 4 года назад +7

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

    • @Marvel66666
      @Marvel66666 4 года назад +5

      @@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
      @ananthu8534 4 года назад

      ah the Germans💖

  • @extremistcontent1337
    @extremistcontent1337 5 лет назад +154

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

  • @slayy_lyvia888
    @slayy_lyvia888 7 лет назад +534

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

    • @pac1fic055
      @pac1fic055 7 лет назад +3

      johnnymarv1 - verbatim

    • @jobadvbl
      @jobadvbl 7 лет назад +6

      Kascio GG
      Als wenn ein Engel schiebt...

    • @s.r.7477
      @s.r.7477 7 лет назад +16

      Armando Sturzenegger just shut up, you idiot

    • @andrewboyles3434
      @andrewboyles3434 7 лет назад

      johnnymarv1 i

    • @panzerl1ed968
      @panzerl1ed968 7 лет назад +4

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

  • @chrisshorten4406
    @chrisshorten4406 2 года назад +4

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

  • @LesG_DerFlugsektor
    @LesG_DerFlugsektor 5 лет назад +11

    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.

  • @flyfast77
    @flyfast77 4 года назад +10

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

  • @Joseph_yy
    @Joseph_yy 4 года назад +7

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

    • @steventurner3036
      @steventurner3036 4 года назад +1

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

  • @mbrowshan
    @mbrowshan 3 года назад +14

    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.

  • @WorivpuqloDMogh
    @WorivpuqloDMogh 7 лет назад +131

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

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @tripwire3992
      @tripwire3992 5 лет назад +9

      @@bkjeong4302 not before me262

    • @yamato4169
      @yamato4169 5 лет назад +5

      the first actual jet was the He178

    • @bullracing1
      @bullracing1 5 лет назад +7

      @@yamato4169 Which is another German Aircraft

    • @jasont6287
      @jasont6287 5 лет назад

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

  • @ANukeWithLegs
    @ANukeWithLegs 5 лет назад +847

    GERMAN SCIENCE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD

    • @haytamharvey1845
      @haytamharvey1845 5 лет назад +23

      No just German science for war is the best

    • @rudymakina5502
      @rudymakina5502 5 лет назад +51

      best engineering

    • @lusilva1365
      @lusilva1365 5 лет назад +2

      Brazil its superiore

    • @duceposting1831
      @duceposting1831 5 лет назад +59

      Is that a jojo referance

    • @mattgrimbleby3864
      @mattgrimbleby3864 5 лет назад +8

      @@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.

  • @NilsWeber143
    @NilsWeber143 6 лет назад +380

    Should I make you sad???
    I'm German and the german Speaker said...that its just a Replica...but nevertheless it is one of my favorite planes ever made!!!

    • @stevehenrichs5091
      @stevehenrichs5091 5 лет назад +10

      German pride!

    • @jacquesdutronc2034
      @jacquesdutronc2034 5 лет назад +34

      Ah OK, it's the reasons, the plane don't have the swastika

    • @zrty6512
      @zrty6512 5 лет назад +14

      Where can I get one of these replicas

    • @PoochAndBoo
      @PoochAndBoo 5 лет назад +5

      @@zrty6512 Yeah, like you can afford one

    • @Arthion
      @Arthion 5 лет назад +6

      He also said something about the Jumo 004 engines having been replaced but I didn't hear the rest. Understandable though considering they had issues and safety has to be number 1

  • @neboskii8756
    @neboskii8756 3 года назад +3

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

  • @sergeygrom9633
    @sergeygrom9633 4 года назад +11

    Красивый самолет! ))) На рулении был тяжел в управлении (нельзя было менять тягу двигателей раздельно), на этапе разбега имел тенденцию ухода в право, при уборке шасси кабрирование , на больших скоростях был тяжело управляем. очень большие посадочные скорости и снижения, ну и прочее. Красивый самолет!!!

  • @stoneblue1795
    @stoneblue1795 7 лет назад +344

    I like that "salamander" camo paint scheme.

    • @nslouma
      @nslouma 6 лет назад +3

      JP Stone yeah looks nice and has its purpose :-)

    • @literalantifaterrorist4673
      @literalantifaterrorist4673 6 лет назад +2

      JP Stone It surprises me though, because if I remember correctly, (on the rare occasion it got into an engagement,) it would come from a much higher altitude.

    • @WorDgOtPmS
      @WorDgOtPmS 6 лет назад

      Yes, jet planes can fly at a higher altitude then planes who uses propellers for propulsion.

    • @TheRunaway115
      @TheRunaway115 6 лет назад

      I swear ive seen that skeleton before. Isnt it off of a beer bottle?

    • @taskinberkay
      @taskinberkay 6 лет назад

      I dont know how much you know about ww2 era aircraft but they usualy have white under bellies. This one is not an exception. Camo is only aplied to the top of the aircraft.

  • @svenschwingel8632
    @svenschwingel8632 7 лет назад +36

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

    • @knightflightvideo
      @knightflightvideo  7 лет назад +3

      Vielen Dank! :-)

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 7 лет назад +2

      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
      @knightflightvideo  7 лет назад +2

      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
      @Birger78bs 7 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @whiplash8277
    @whiplash8277 3 года назад +3

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

  • @LMM667
    @LMM667 6 лет назад +4

    Magnificent machine, so beautiful, so ahead of its time. I'm glad to see it was put to flying again.

  • @crusader2.0_loading89
    @crusader2.0_loading89 4 года назад +21

    Beautiful, even today

    • @elschaetty
      @elschaetty 3 года назад

      This plane will *always* be timeless

    • @smeagle6092
      @smeagle6092 3 года назад

      Most things today are 🗑

  • @ccmogs5757
    @ccmogs5757 6 лет назад +7

    Beautiful plane , lovely camo , thanks for uploading :)

  • @victorcontreras9138
    @victorcontreras9138 3 года назад +6

    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!

  • @davidmichalski4241
    @davidmichalski4241 7 лет назад +84

    I have been fascinated with German Luftwaffe Fighter pilots and German world war 2 aircraft and armour and equipment

    • @clairebes1
      @clairebes1 7 лет назад

      David Michalski has he

    • @BaddaBigBoom
      @BaddaBigBoom 6 лет назад

      ...and rubber and gas masks? LOL

    • @juusohamalainen7507
      @juusohamalainen7507 6 лет назад +1

      You would have enjoyed these machines much more during the war as they killed people in Poland. Perhaps your relatives.

    • @DomWeselnyBrzozieLub
      @DomWeselnyBrzozieLub 6 лет назад

      Juuso Hämäläinen WW2 ended looong time ago. We are allies now. Relax.

  • @arno-luyendijk4798
    @arno-luyendijk4798 6 лет назад +12

    OH.MY. GOD. I would not have believed to see this in my lifetime. For the record: I was born 1968 but I am a masssive aviation enthusiast of the airplanes from this period.....I always dreamt of seeing one in flight but always considered it impossible. This video has made my day! I am far from a nazi fan, but you have to give it to the German aircraft developers of these days, it remains an iconic airplane! My mouth just can't shut from amazement watching this. I just have one wish: that someone will one day get that other amazing jet airplane, the Horten HO 229 flying wing into flight, whether it will be a lifesize replica or the original restored for action.

    • @FiveCentsPlease
      @FiveCentsPlease 6 лет назад

      +Amo Luyendijk These are replicas. But a fully original Me-262 with modernized Jumo 004 turbines is expected to be finished soon for short flights. The engines are being hung for taxi testing and test flights hopefully this year. warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/SAM_8336-1024x768.jpg

    • @buddyrojek9417
      @buddyrojek9417 Год назад

      Agree

  • @paulpecchio5690
    @paulpecchio5690 5 лет назад +5

    ME-262 was the pioneer and icon of the jet industry, marking the technologically advanced solutions for the era, including aerodynamic design excellence beyond jet propulsion itself. If it had been operational since the beginning of WWII, the B-24, Lancaster and B-17 bombers would hardly have achieved their goals, just as the P-51 or Thunderbolt P-47 Mustangs would have succeeded in protecting the bombers. Difficult to pilot and vulnerable when landing, he had many losses from operation disasters and due to P-51 tactics in attacking landing operations. To this day I am moved when I re-read the literature of the "schwalbe" or the "sturmvogel"! Pure state-of-the-art military aeronautical technology and unbeatable German engineering! Thanks, Willy Messerschmitt ...
    Paul Pecchio, bairro do Campo Belo, S. Paulo, Brazil.

  • @PHX76
    @PHX76 4 года назад +4

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

  • @heinz490
    @heinz490 7 лет назад +129

    love that plane

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 Год назад +3

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

  • @lougatanas9958
    @lougatanas9958 4 года назад +8

    Wow, that was amazing, thank you!!! I’ve been to plenty of air shows but I’ve yet to see any German aircraft, hopefully that will change in the future;.

  • @kato64
    @kato64 3 года назад +3

    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
      @FiveCentsPlease 3 года назад +1

      + 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.

  • @sgtdave9617
    @sgtdave9617 5 лет назад +16

    A truly innovative, handsome and deadly aircraft. Would love to have seen the reaction of veteran pilots to the new engines. ;^ ]

  • @captainrex4403
    @captainrex4403 2 года назад +8

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

  • @mikeyoung7660
    @mikeyoung7660 5 лет назад +7

    Awesome aircraft the 262 fantastic to see it flying.

  • @phantomreaper2057
    @phantomreaper2057 3 года назад +16

    this is one of the best remembered ww2 planes that was built other than its high production costs and a few other issues it was a fairly decent fighter for example it was quick so was hard for allied aircraft such as bomber’s and their escort fighters to land a decent hit when under attack etc

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 3 года назад +2

      It was an excellent bomber interceptor (because it could just zoom past all the escorts, attack, and leave before it could be attacked). In an engagement with Allies fighters, however, it wasn’t as good.

    • @DanaTheInsane
      @DanaTheInsane Год назад

      It’s suffered engine problems, because Hitler insisted on steering vital metals to the submarine program away from the jet engine program at a time when the submarine program was failing rapidly .

  • @humbleone6405
    @humbleone6405 6 лет назад +5

    History preserved. Incredible aircraft

  • @chrisburn7178
    @chrisburn7178 4 года назад +8

    Imagine the pressure of flying that priceless relic for the first time. Serious pro.

    • @lewisbauer3279
      @lewisbauer3279 4 года назад

      That is a reproduction. As far as I know, there are no original examples flying. Certainly not with those Jumo engines

    • @jonathanklein383
      @jonathanklein383 4 года назад +1

      @@lewisbauer3279 the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett Washimgton is working on restoring one to flying condition, using the original Jumo 004s...

  • @guynameddik
    @guynameddik 4 года назад +17

    imagine your a soviet veteran having breakfast and look at the sky then see this plane flying around

    • @lol-un6nl
      @lol-un6nl 3 года назад

      i dont even think soviets saw these

  • @ghostarashide227
    @ghostarashide227 2 года назад +1

    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 ♥

  • @cliffordkinnear9705
    @cliffordkinnear9705 5 лет назад +33

    The ME-262 "Shark", finally gets to defend the skies of Germany! Welcome home! She defended her country with honor.

    • @dodibenabba1378
      @dodibenabba1378 4 года назад +3

      It's nickname was actually Schwalbe which means Swallow.

    • @P99s-s
      @P99s-s 4 года назад

      You don’t speak German do you? It’s ME-262 "Swallow" like the previous comment said

    • @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059
      @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 4 года назад

      @DeutschwehR Indeed

  • @northerntier87
    @northerntier87 5 лет назад +49

    This jet does not get a lot of credit. Turning point in technology of aircraft.

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 5 лет назад +1

      Airframe design-wise it did contribute heavily, but the idea of a jet fighter already existed.

    • @matahari555
      @matahari555 4 года назад

      What turning point are you referring to?

    • @topivaltanen4432
      @topivaltanen4432 4 года назад

      It killed real aviation and changed it to Star Wars shit.

    • @cdjthg9516
      @cdjthg9516 4 года назад

      @@matahari555 I’m guessing he suggested switch from Propeller aircraft to jet engines. We have come very far in aviation the “Hun” which was produced around the 1950s could go Mach 1.25 and in late 1960 the US I believe developed the F-4 Phantom which could go about Mach 2.2 Sorry if this reply is a bit off topic just wanted to tell you something cool I read.

  • @airshowvision
    @airshowvision 7 лет назад +416

    Amazing plane and amazing video!

    • @knightflightvideo
      @knightflightvideo  7 лет назад +9

      Thank you very much, for your compliment! I greatly appreciate it.:-)

    • @cabre4
      @cabre4 6 лет назад

      No Jumo 004? No Schwalbe....

    • @ilove-ve8ux
      @ilove-ve8ux 6 лет назад +1

      はい

    • @simiazerty1998
      @simiazerty1998 6 лет назад

      In WWII the pilots are not acostemed with tricycle jets in take on ,take off and taxiing.

    • @steeljoke8934
      @steeljoke8934 6 лет назад

      Dangerus nazi plane, it was before there time .
      Nazis was First whit the jet fighters in the world 😱😰 they have killed 100miljon people more if they had time to make this super jet fighters in numbers.

  • @ari4681
    @ari4681 3 года назад +1

    Nice video ! Thanks to the uploader.

  • @benpool4953
    @benpool4953 4 года назад +10

    Today we take the sight of a jet plane for granted, but imagine seeing this for the first time in 1945

  • @rikpeol3612
    @rikpeol3612 4 года назад +27

    This incredible Warplane has a strange smiling Shark-face.

    • @dodibenabba1378
      @dodibenabba1378 4 года назад +1

      Only because the cannons have been taken out....

  • @ruthludwig776
    @ruthludwig776 3 года назад +12

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

  • @Warbird-Aviation
    @Warbird-Aviation 3 года назад +2

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

  • @derpythespy
    @derpythespy 7 лет назад +4

    magnificent... absolute piece of beauty...

  • @madhatter9322
    @madhatter9322 5 лет назад +19

    My grandfather was a pilot and flew the Fw 190-A7. He was to be trained on the Me 262, but was shot down with his Focke Wulf and is considered missing since then.

  • @FlavioSpirit
    @FlavioSpirit 5 лет назад +8

    Que máquina fantástica !!!!!
    Foi infinitamente superior em sua época.
    Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal........