ME-262: The World's First Jet Fighter

OUR STORY BEGINS IN EGYPT.

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[johnisaz]

"In the form of the passeng" .... Video ends abruptly. Noice

[maxsignori]

My great grandmother was born 10 years before the Wright brothers' flight, in 1893. She died at the age of 106 in 1999, almost one year after the first module of the ISS was launched. What a century she has witnessed.

[zsoltsandor]

Simon's plane of thought was shot down by an ME-262.

[bradmiddleton]

Our story begins in Egypt and ends abruptly mid sentence.

[Skyfox]

Since you mentioned the engines trying to rip themselves apart... this reminds me of a very old WW2 flight simulator i used to play as a kid, IL2 Sturmovik. That game allowed you to fly, amongst many other planes, the Me-262. One of the things that burnt into my memory was that, if you throttled up to quickly in the 262 one, or both of its engines would just catch fire.

[fvckyoutubescensorshipandt]

I guess with 12 channels Simon no longer has time to finish his sentences.

[ooTyPow]

I, too, vote for a bio on Chuck. Not sure how many have already mentioned it already, but I did see a few!

[canbeast]

“..in the form of a pass....enger airliner. So I really hope you enjoyed that video, if you did smash like that button and hit that subscriber button and we’ll see you next time”

[bjw]

I'd have to say the ME 262 was my favourite aircraft of all time, & definitely for ww2 combat aircraft. I was obsessed with making model aircraft as a child, specialising in mainly ww2 fighter & bomber aircraft I think I made 50 or 60 before I grew out of it ( sadly ), & the 262 was the only jet aircraft I included in this selection. I actually found the boxes I had them stored in the other day, ( some the worse for wear ), & the 262 was with them. Great video by the way, keep them all up, cheers.

[kitop]

5:49 "Every modern jet fighter..."

[Gjsolo]

the passenger what? *I NEED TO KNOW SIMON! YOU CANT JUST END THE VIDEO LIKE THAT D":*

[tzor]

My father used to tell me a story when he was a POW. Some fighter had spotted a jet (and remember the sound of a jet was totally unknown to him at the time) and was heading towards it when the jet decided to go full speed to escape and basically left the prop fighter standing still. He was convinced that the war was as good as over at that point. Fortunately, it was not.

[jamesmoore]

The fact that the developers of the first jet engines became friends following the days of the war made me smile.

[shanehebert]

Chuck Yeager truly is the legend of legends.

[madhumitadatta]

I was literally waiting for this video😃

[t.r.campbell]

Even today this is a beautifully designed aircraft.

[lucromel]

66 years from first flight, to man walking on the moon.

[comicalcarpet]

Simon seems full of smiles and energy, almost like he's had his daily dose of coca... cola?

[ghfdt]

My great grandfather was a radio operator in a lancaster bomber and he remembered seeing a pair of me-262's. He got told about them but many pilots thought it was superstition and silly rumors.Then on one bombing mission the pilot and the navigator shouted him up to the cockpit to have a look, and their first reaction was "bloody hell thats a flying shark it looks beautiful!" They didnt attack likely because they were low on fuel or had ran out of ammunition, but I can imagine seeing a 262 back in 1944, would have been like seeing a spaceship. My great grandfather passed away in 2012 but he told me a lot of cool stories like this.

[steviesavagery]

RIP Chuck Yeager, i fee so honored to have sene him in person