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Me-262 flies at German air-expo.
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| 5-22-06
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Posted on 05/23/2006 8:47:03 AM PDT by yooling
Here's a pretty cool video of one of the reproduction 262's flying at a German air show.
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Man! I love this stuff!
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:47:04 AM PDT
by
yooling
To: yooling
With the exception of the FW190 and the ME262, I have never been a huge fan of German aircraft styling, but boy that is one beautiful and dangerous looking bird!
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:51:09 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: yooling
We were lucky that Hitler was stupid and decided it should be turned into a bomber.
-Eric
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:52:31 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(The Illuminati’s most secret ritual is the worship of Karl Rove.)
To: yooling
That's wicked. If I had money and time, flying old planes like that would be my hobby.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:52:34 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
To: yooling
German Military of WWII - Cool looking weapons and uniforms.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:55:31 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:56:38 AM PDT
by
yooling
(I don't have anything nice to say...)
To: yooling
This one's a reproduction; I wonder if they used chromium in the engines like the original design called for. Germany ran out of chromium due to allied bombing, so they used more steel in the engine. As a result, the number of hours it could be used before the engines had to be overhauled was absurdly short. Made operating it a complete pain.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:57:16 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
To: JamesP81
Come to Midland for the AirShow in October.
The CAF has the largest collection of WWI/WWII birds anywhere in the world.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:57:36 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: Atlantic Bridge
Your Uncle needs to upgrade.
= )
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:57:38 AM PDT
by
Hoplite
To: 2banana
German Military of WWII - Cool looking weapons and uniforms.
I agree. They were an atrocious bunch, but the SS were perhaps the snappiest dressers in their day.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:58:41 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
To: yooling
Great post. My boys will love it.
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posted on
05/23/2006 8:59:01 AM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Great looking plane; it stands the test of time. It must have been a sight to see in 1944/1945.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:00:52 AM PDT
by
Dansong
To: yooling
Nice video...I didn't think there was any flying condition 262's.
the ME262 and ME 109 really were cool looking.. and although I love the look and the power of the Mustang. My favorite WWII warbird was the enemic P-40 as used by Chenault and the flying tigers.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:01:20 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: JamesP81
The engines are modern GE ones. From the outside they have facades covering them so that they appear to be original Junkers or BMW, I forget which.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:01:37 AM PDT
by
yooling
(I don't have anything nice to say...)
To: yooling
Exceedingly cool.
Thanks for posting.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:02:21 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: Dansong
"It must have been a sight to see in 1944/1945."
It was, but if you reported it, you'd get a psych eval, planes without props, nonsense! <-- happened to some bomber crews.
To: yooling
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:02:44 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: yooling; zot
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:05:35 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
((3rd Armored Division -- Spearhead))
To: Vaquero
They are repro's.
http://www.stormbirds.com
The back story on these planes is pretty remarkable.
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posted on
05/23/2006 9:07:03 AM PDT
by
yooling
(I don't have anything nice to say...)
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