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    Default Replica ME262 startup and take off.

    Check it out HERE.

    Supposedly built using patterns taken from a non flying original.

    From Wiki:

    “ Flyable reproductions

    In January 2003, the American Me 262 Project, based in Everett, Washington, completed flight testing to allow the delivery of partially updated spec reproductions of several versions of the Me 262 including at least two B-1c two-seater variants, one A-1c single-seater and two "convertibles" that could be switched between the A-1c and B-1c configurations. All are powered by General Electric CJ610 engines and feature additional safety features, such as upgraded brakes and strengthened landing gear. The "c" suffix refers to the new CJ610 powerplant and has been informally assigned with the approval of the Messerschmitt Foundation in Germany[98] (the Werknummer of the reproductions picked up where the last wartime produced Me 262 left off – a continuous airframe serial number run with a near 60-year production break).

    Flight testing of the first newly manufactured Me 262 A-1c (single-seat) variant (Werknummer 501244) was completed in August 2005. The first of these machines (Werknummer 501241) went to a private owner in the southwestern United States, while the second (Werknummer 501244) was delivered to the Messerschmitt Foundation at Manching, Germany. This aircraft conducted a private test flight in late April 2006 and made its public debut in May at the ILA 2006. The new Me 262 flew during the public flight demonstrations.[99] Me 262 Werknummer 501241 was delivered to the Collings Foundation as White 1 of JG 7; this aircraft offered ride-along flights starting in 2008.[100] The third replica, a non-flyable Me 262 A-1c, was delivered to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in May 2010.[101]”
    Last edited by BwanaJoe; 03-06-2022 at 17:09.

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    And this is from the Messerschmitt Museum; runup and taxi of their ME262. Nothing else actually on their website as far I can tell though…

    Video HERE.

    Edit: Not on the website, but on Youtube, the Airshow flight. HERE.

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    Very nice.
    Someday, I want to see a flight in person.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Grand footage - thanks for posting.

    << but, as always, don't believe a word you read on "Wiki" >>
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Cool. It would be great to get to see one of these at an air show in a fly over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    << but, as always, don't believe a word you read on "Wiki" >>
    Yea, I know, trust me. But I can’t find anything “official”. My search-fu has failed me…



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