Witness the dramatic airshow pairing of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world’s first operational jet fighter, against the ...

The Me 262 appeared in only relatively small numbers in the closing year of World War II. Messerschmitt factories produced 1,443 Me 262s, but only about 300 saw combat.

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 kilometers (120 miles) per hour ...

Panoramic view inside the cockpit of Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow) (A19600328000).

Me262-B1-A D-IMTT is operated by Flugmuseum Messerschmitt in Manching, Bavaria. After being remanufactured in Seattle, it made its first flight in August 2005 before being dismantled and shipped to ...

But the advent of jet engines—as displayed in the waning year of the war by Hitler’s Luftwaffe and its remarkable Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter — promised greater speed, altitude, and combat ...

The proposed Parks to Passes trail, which would stretch about 262 miles from Butte to the Idaho line, appears destined to move forward with a federally-funded feasibility study.

The first ever fighter jet, the Nazi Me 262, was, compared to today's jets, very small at 34 feet, 9 inches long. The later Soviet MiG-15 was puny too at 33 feet, 3 inches long.