Rare German Aircraft of World War 2
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- As most of you know i am a huge WW2 history buff so a friend and I viditrd The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA. This museum is a treasure so come along with us and explore some of the rare German Aircraft of WW2 such as:
1. The Arado Ar 234 B Blitz (Lightning) was the world's first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
2. The Dornier Do 335 was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. The Germans claimed that a pilot flew a Do 335 at a speed of 846 km/h (474 mph) in level flight at a time when the official world speed record was 755 km/h (469 mph).
3. Horten Ho 229 ('aitch-oh-two-two-nine') promised spectacular performance and the German air force (Luftwaffe) chief, Hermann Göring, allocated half-a-million Reich Marks to the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten to build and fly several prototypes. Numerous technical problems beset this unique design and the only powered example crashed after several test flights but the airplane remains one of the most unusual combat aircraft tested during World War II.
4. Messerschmitt 163 Komet (Comet) Rocket Fighter
I hope I live long enough to see that Ho-229 restored. It's one of the most historically significant aircraft in existence.
It wasn't ever finished so "fully restored" would be what you see only cleaned up and corrosion treated. The Air Force found a set of wings to bring back with it with the idea of finishing the aircraft to test fly it but engineers shot that idea down as impractical. I don't think the museum would go any farther than attaching the wings or even if they would do that. I don't think the wings or center-section have the bolt holes drilled yet, but I could be wrong about that.
Correction: The Air Force did attach the wings so the museum would likely do that as well.
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"2. The Dornier Do 335 was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. The Germans claimed that a pilot flew a Do 335 at a speed of 846 km/h (474 mph) in level flight at a time when the official world speed record was 755 km/h (469 mph)."
Sorry, but there is a big mistake in it. 1 mph = 1.609 km/h, so dividing 846 km/h by 1.609 gives 526 mph rather than 474 mph. The Do 335 was great but I have never read of any piston-engined aircraft exceeding 800 km/h or 500 mph. Most literature gives numbers between 730 and 775 km/h, often 763 km/h, which corresponds exactly to the 474 mph given in your description. Which still is the fastest piston aircraft ever produced industrially.
Where is this museum? Gotta visit it
airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/world-war-ii-german-aviation
Udvar-Hazy @ Dulles Airport Washington DC
The original aft spinner of the 335 is missing so that's why the one currently on it looks odd (it's too short). Even though the 335 still had some of its original paint that had been analyzed, documented and forwarded to Dornier with the aircraft for restoration Dornier still got aspects of the paint wrong (i.e. black spinners and props) much to the disappointment of the Smithsonian.
A damn sexy-looking bird, tho. Wouldn't it be great if someone were to make a full-sized, flying replica for airshows? The allied birds get all the love.
And is that Enola Gay in the background at 2:31?
So what was the correct paint? Were the spinners and props dark green or something?
@@goldfing5898
Black green. Except for bomb bay, wheel wells cockpit and engine bays interior structure was unpainted. The shades of most colors are a bit off as well. Still, one of my favorite (not quite a fighter) planes.
To clarify, the interior structure should have been unpainted but was painted silver.
My favourite is the double Heinkel 111: ruclips.net/video/8tbX3nnvWeo/видео.html
Take a look a this: ruclips.net/p/PLjob-GVORBLZ5Zkh0vTvs8KmUMKKpEhdP
What music is playing in the background? It seems so familiar but I can't figure where I know it from.
It’s from Blazing Angels, that ww2 plane game that was avaiable for wii, ps3 and Xbox.
@@newtneto omg I played that on Wii years ago!
Oh wow the nostalgia
Thank you so much
Gonçalo Mota yeah me too! Hahahaha
All taken by America to make up for the lack of advanced aircraft design in that period.
Agreed. Not to mention the Me-163 being the "grandfather" of the space shuttles, and the Ho-229 being the same for the "stealth" aircraft.
@@kevins1114
Well, if you actually look at the technology involved ... not really. The US was actually most interested in the jet engines and swept wings. They already had some experience with flying wings though Northrop and the the 163 had the swept wing.
Its shamefull the state they let the ho229 get into over the years , one of americas most influential aircraft and its in a heap for all to see