The Me 262 Swallow had a shape ideal for speed, but the Jumo 004 put out 1,980 lbs of thrust. This thrust translated into a top speed of 540 mph, while the Meteor F.8 could manage 598 mph.

On July 18, 1943, the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet prototype made its first flight, marking a turning point in aviation as the world's first operational jet fighter took to the skies.

One such “wunderwaffe” was the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world’s first functional jet aircraft.Though the plane was developed during the Second World War, the Germans understood the ...

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. However, the name was more generally appropriate—like a wild boar ...

The Me-262 went into production too late to significantly impact the course of the war. We will show you how this plane works, what was good and what bad qualities the Swallow had and how Me-262 ...

Despite the damage it wrought on Allied aircraft, the Me 2626 was too little, too late. By 1944, Allied air power vastly outnumbered the Luftwaffe, making Me 262 victories statistically insignificant.

A former ME-262 pilot, Hans Guido Mutke, claimed that he once achieved Mach 1 in a 90 degrees dive, but that wasn't confirmed. British and Soviet tests with the aircraft after the war confirmed ...