Re: "Wow. The Me-262 is a "weapon of war." I wonder how it would stand up against all those MiGs..."
Poorly. The Me-262 was vastly underpowered. The Mig 15 was superior to the 262.
But IMHO the 262 was much better looking!
Yeah. That was sarcasm. The basic point was that the State Department was worried about someone getting hold of a Me-262 as a "weapon of war", when a MiG in good condition is cheaper than a Studebaker in good condition.
For what it costs to build a Me-262 replica, I could buy a couple or three MiGs. Or go to Brazil and bribe someone at Embraer to rig up a jet with some some guns for me.
But IMHO the 262 was much better looking!
There are two reasons to fly a fighter: 1) to win a dogfight, and B) to get babes.
However slick the 262 looks, you'll eventually have to talk her back to your Buick. So I come back to the value of the second seat in the MiG-17T.