By the grace of God.
Jul 18,1942:Me 262 prototype's 1st jet powered flight.Prior fls driven by propeller.Too little too late.Germans didn't have enough materials
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They took so long between idea and production that we weren't far behind.
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Didn't that plane also have a very short range? Gas guzzler and/or very small fuel tanks?
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Thought I learned that from Chuck Yeager's Air Combat flight Sim circa 1991
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Didn't they use them as strategic bombers at first as well?
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Did you get to fly one after the war Sir?
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Yes. (Sorry was answering re the AN-2 so deleted that misplaced tweet)
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I don't want to imagine if they'd had time and materials what that would have looked like.
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Gen. Sir did you get a chance to fly the me 109 or the fw 190?
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