Reborn 262's

[Spinner]

Am I the last guy in the world to hear about this (http://www.stormbirds.com/project/index.html)?

[mrys]

Probably:lol:

[Spinner]

Guess so :lol:

[Skyraider3D]

Yes :)
One was flown at the Berlin airshow in May.

While we're at it: www.flugwerk.de

[Archetype]

lol even i knew.. :P

[Spinner]

Yeah but you're young and in the PINK!
:lol:

[Lukem]

That project has been going on for a long time hasn't it? Didn't it also change hands a couple of times?

[Archetype]

Yeah but you're young and in the PINK!
:lol:


pink is my favorite crayon

[mrys]

Herbert Tischler was fourteen when in 1941 he received a government grant and entered the school sponsored by Henschel Flugzeugwerke at Berlin-Schönefeld. This was one of six Henschel schools for future technicians and engineers. During his time at this school Tischler learned the tools and trades of aircraft production at every stage. Equipped with this knowledge he found himself in 1944 in the Czechoslovak city of Brno (known at that tirne as Brünn to Germans ) where he miraculously escaped death during an American air raid. He was then sent to an officers college near Gdansk (then Danzig). After five months he went to the front in the area of Malbork in Poland (Marienburg at that time) where he fought against attacking Red Army soldiers. After numerous further war experiences Tischler was taken prisoner by the Soviets on 9 May. He spent four and a half years in hard labour camps, working 12 hours a day in steel and glass works.
After he returned to Germany in 1949 he worked for a time at the USAF base in Erding, and subsequently in South Africa before in late 1957 he emigrated to the USA with his wife. Here he continued to work in the aircraft industry. He also started restoring old aircraft as a hobby. Time went by and he turned his hobby into a profession when he established the Texas Airplane Factory, which produced a series of four Grumman F3F-2 aircraft for various museums.
In the early nineties Tischler received an offer to rebuild several Me 262s, which he accepted gladly. He then expected that the first flight of the prototype would take place in February 1997 and the subsequent six months would be spent on thorough flight tests of the six aircraft. Whether they will ever take to the air would depend on their owners however. Texas Airplane Factory production technology is based on the simple rule: change nothing. The methods used when rebuilding the Me 262s were no different from those used at Augsburg or Regensburg in 1945. The only change with respect to the original is the powerplant. American General Electric
J 85-CJ-610 engines rated at 12.46 kN thrust were used. With the original Jumo 004s the aeroplane could never be certified for flying, anyway it would be too dangerous. The new engines fit easily inside the Jumo 004 nacelles" and Tischler aims to place them inside a mock-up of the original Junkers engines.
Construction of Tischler"s Me 262s is not based on factory
drawings, as he failed to collect a full set of these. An original Me 262 B-la "white 35"', property of the US Navy" formed the reference, and it will be restored at the same time. It served to prepare production documentation for the new Schwalbes. During June and July 1993 the aeroplane was disassembled to its smallest parts, and these were then meticulously copied. This was not simple as many were destroyed by corrosion. Reconstruction required much work and a lot of experience. As we see now, works on new Schwalbe was fully succesful and now we can see it flies.

[franken_johan]

...and now we can see it flies.

I saw it making one of its first flights at Manching some time ago. Although lighting conditions were not very good (sun directly at its six) I was able to shoot this pic :D
http://members.lycos.nl/frankenjohan/Lechfeld/IMG_2782.jpg

[LegalAssassin]

Not exactly the proper markings, but I guess they didn't dare go for the swastika and simply had to use the new German flag somewhere...
Nice photo of a nice plane!

[Lukem]

Yep, great photo!

[jkbon]

Sorry if you were all aware about this video, but I wasn't.
So It could interest someone else :

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7620890100890480

[jiverson]

See the latest issue of Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine for an article on the Me 262 Project at Legend Flyers!! You know they are doing a Bf 109F also...

[Macoy]

Here is another shoot of that Me 262 on the ILA Airshow in Berlin 2006.

They build a real good remake of Me 262. Just the engines are not original... instead with the original "Junkers Jumo" engines this plane is powered by modern general electric engines.

Dont know the original sound, but when this Me 262 took off, it was very very noisy. :)

http://www.yusha-web.com/ila/Me_262.jpg