Wolfgang Czaia, the Whidbey Island test pilot for the Paine Field-based Me-262 Project, had the rare opportunity to fly the first authentic reproduction of the famous World War II German jet fighter.
In this video we look at Luftwaffe fighter ace and famed Messerschmitt Me-262 pilot Franz Schall. He was one of the top scoring jet pilots in World War II and was incredibly deadly against four engine ...
In the early months of 1945, as Allied armies closed in on the heart of Nazi Germany, American fighter pilots flying the P-51 Mustang found themselves confronting a revolutionary new threat in the ...
While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot down 542 Allied aircraft during the war. Nazi Germany has long been begrudgingly admired for its technological ...
Preface signed Michael S. Rice. "ME-262 A-1 pilot's handbook, by F.D. Van Wart, 1946": p.1-30.
Click to open image viewer. Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter. Faster than the North American P-51 Mustang by 190 ...
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