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Me262 over Gloucestershire
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anels9
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Very nice photos Ian, that second photo makes the me262 particularly menacing.
I was curious to see you write airbus 262. Googling this made me realise that the aircraft in question “D-IMTT” is officially supported by airbus. And never before had it really been flown outside of the US or Germany. Very interesting.
I wonder if someone has done a nice repaint of the IMTT on the flight replicas model for fs9
I was curious to see you write airbus 262. Googling this made me realise that the aircraft in question “D-IMTT” is officially supported by airbus. And never before had it really been flown outside of the US or Germany. Very interesting.
I wonder if someone has done a nice repaint of the IMTT on the flight replicas model for fs9
ian elliot
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Heres a clip from its arrival on the Thursday. I went on Sunday, i wanted to take a few pics of it static, but could'nt find it, it turned up after its display at about 4 in the afternoon at the east end of the airfield after its display but because of the weather, had its covers on
Heres a clip from its arrival on the Thursday. I went on Sunday, i wanted to take a few pics of it static, but could'nt find it, it turned up after its display at about 4 in the afternoon at the east end of the airfield after its display but because of the weather, had its covers on
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Ditto on the 2nd pic; it's my favourite perspective of any airborne fighter, and shows its beauty off really well! 
Nope. General Electric CJ610
The combat Jumo 004 had restrictions on materials they could be built from so they did badly but the prototypes that didn't have material restrictions did as well as can be expected of Jet engines from that era IIRC.
The Flying Heritage Collection was trying to get there original 262 flying with I'm guessing is all new reproduction 004 and it looks like back in 2019 it was rolling around using them.
The combat Jumo 004 had restrictions on materials they could be built from so they did badly but the prototypes that didn't have material restrictions did as well as can be expected of Jet engines from that era IIRC.
The Flying Heritage Collection was trying to get there original 262 flying with I'm guessing is all new reproduction 004 and it looks like back in 2019 it was rolling around using them.
Over the years I said many things about paint, colours and schemes. We base our opinion mainly on poor black and white pictures, or at 80 years old colour chips. I must have told it more often I have taken RLM colour chips from the wings of a Bf109, which were recovered after a crash after the was and had been on display for many years. I have taken RLM chips fro a Bf109 fuselage of an aircraft which was excavated in the nineties of the previous century. It has been in a mildly acid soil layer for fifty years. I can assure you the RLM colours from the wings didn't even get close to the RLM colours from the wings........
It is the same with schemes, different factory plants used different schemes and you could wonder whether uniformity still had any priority for the Germans at the end of the war. And even during the war. Look at the FW190 A-5 from the Flying Heritage Combat Armor Museum, which was delivered to the Luftwaffe in a standard RLM scheme, added theatre marking and after that repainted in the field, most likely even with Russian paint.
For the Me262, to be honest I personally don't think I would have gone for this paint scheme, but I'm sure the Flugmuseum must have had its reasons. Based on the pictures below, I think it is actually (close to) authentic.
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Huub
It is right but feels wrong compared to other paints. Like the fade should start at the red line in the attachment so you don't see the gray when view from above.
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/p...hmitt-stiftung-messerschmitt-me-262-schwalbe/
https://www.airplane-pictures.net/p...hmitt-stiftung-messerschmitt-me-262-schwalbe/
@anels9 Yes there is.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links_search.php
Also for my own poops and giggles. I yoink-ed the CFS3 262 model and loaded it into Blender and have been repainting it in PSP6.
I may try to convert it to FS04 but I feel this may be come a Slurpee TM idea. It taste good so you keep drinking it tell the brain freeze hits than you hate everything about it.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links_search.php
Also for my own poops and giggles. I yoink-ed the CFS3 262 model and loaded it into Blender and have been repainting it in PSP6.
I may try to convert it to FS04 but I feel this may be come a Slurpee TM idea. It taste good so you keep drinking it tell the brain freeze hits than you hate everything about it.
Bomber_12th
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Thank you for sharing these photos, Ian! The week following RIAT, the Me 262 was hanging out with the BBMF and Rolls-Royce at Coningsby.
Photo: Aeroplane Monthly
Photo: BBMF
And a couple images of the BBMF Spitfire Mk.V escorting the '262 upon its arrival to the UK. Photos: Darren Harbar
Photo: Aeroplane Monthly
Photo: BBMF
And a couple images of the BBMF Spitfire Mk.V escorting the '262 upon its arrival to the UK. Photos: Darren Harbar
Bomber_12th
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Similar formations have been done in the US with the Military Aviation Museum and Collings Foundation '262s.
Photo: Steve Zimmermann
Photo: Keith Snyder
Photo: Nigel Hitchman
Photo: Ryan Harris
Photo: Steve Zimmermann
Photo: Keith Snyder
Photo: Nigel Hitchman
Photo: Ryan Harris
Bomber_12th
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Me too. In interviews back in 2019, Steve Hinton, who would be conducting the test flying, seemed confident that it would be safe to operate, especially with the newly-manufactured Jumo engines. A friend of mine that recently visited the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum mentioned that they're currently in the process of reassembling the Me 262 at the museum (following its disassembly and transport from Arlington, WA, where it had been previously). They're also currently in the process of getting several of the FHCAM aircraft back up to flying status, with public flying displays likely resuming next year, though no word yet on whether or not the Me 262 is among those still planned to be flown. Prior to the shutdown of the museum in 2020, the original plan had been to perform several test flights with the Me 262 at Moses Lake, before transporting it to Paine Field and likely retiring it to the museum. I do like what I'm hearing and seeing following the museum's sale to Steuart Walton and recent reopening, with the various restoration projects that had been underway for Paul Allen that were stopped in 2020, being active once more. Walton's plan does have the museum moving from Everett to Arkansas about three years from now, which will make it more centrally-located within the US. I'd imagine the goal is to have all of the aircraft that can be safely flown that distance, back up and operational again. I've been really looking forward to seeing the FHCAM Stuka finally completed and operational too.
CFS2, Yes. CFS3, Nope. CFS3 .air files and aircraft.cfg can sort of work in FS02/FS04. CFS3 models are a completely different format. Things like 3D Ripper DX or Ninja Ripper can hook into CFS3 and make a 3d screen shot of the model than it can be rebuild.
I dumped the CFS3 262 I have been working on into FS04 today. Exterior model only and most animates are working.
Also nice post count anels9.
I dumped the CFS3 262 I have been working on into FS04 today. Exterior model only and most animates are working.
Also nice post count anels9.