This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum‘s Messerschmitt Me 262. This aircraft is part of the collection of Paul Allen’s Flying ...

It’s WWII, and you’re piloting a P-51 Mustang against the formidable Me-262 jet. In this thrilling ... Watch as rare white orca is spotted swimming off the California coast Newsom wants ...

The 262 Swallow and Meteor F.8 featured different wing designs and capabilities. The Me 262 had four 30-mm MK 108 cannons, while the Meteor had 4 20mm cannons. It's unclear which jet fighter ...

Me 262 two-seaters were produced for training and night-fighting duties. It is believed that only 15 or so of the Me 262B-1a tandem two-seat trainers were converted into Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighters.

In the world of technology, there's often a fine line between success and failure. It's not just about developing a fantastic weapon, though that's a tall order in and of itself. Even after years ...

One of those secret weapons, the Messerschmidt Me 262 Schwalbe ("Swallow"), represented the world's first operational turbojet aircraft and fighter jet. The Me 262 arrived too late to change the ...

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 ...

In summer 1944, the Nazis debuted one of the many advanced weapons they devised during World War II: the Messerschmitt Me 262. The Me 262 was the first operational fighter jet in history ...

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.

While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career ...