To: Jesse Segovia
540 mph@19685 ft
Fast for the period. There are no original Me262's flying. The real ones are too scarce. These examples are pretty much authentic, down to the nut and bolt recreations with a few changes (improvements) made for safety. The engines are not the original Junkers units. They are modern G.E. engines that have been shrouded with facades that mimic the appearance of the originals.
The Me 163 was a death trap and will not be flying again anytime soon.
25 posted on
05/28/2005 12:07:56 PM PDT by
yooling
(Icky-Icky-Icky-PAHTWANGka!!)
To: yooling
29 posted on
05/28/2005 12:16:50 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: yooling
...shrouded with facades...Is Bill Clinton somehow involved with this?
36 posted on
05/28/2005 12:44:16 PM PDT by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: yooling
The Me 163 was a death trapThe problem with the Komet was the unstable fuel- if there was any in the tank on landing they'd blow up real good. Some pilots discovered a way to drain the tank completely and managed to survive several sorties.
52 posted on
05/28/2005 1:26:50 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
(End dependence on foreign oil- put a Slowpoke in your basement)
To: yooling
The Me 163 was a death trap... I understand the safety engineer found work in Wolfsburg immediatley after the war.
113 posted on
05/29/2005 6:57:31 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS, Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
To: yooling
The National Air and Space Museum at the National Mall has one on display. It may be moved to their new facility at Dull us whenever that opens.
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