The Me 262 was a new class of fighter, but its true revolution was the turbojet engine behind it, and the brutal limits of wartime materials, reliability, and training. From early prototypes and ...

The jet boasted a top speed of approximately 540 miles per hour, far surpassing the fastest Allied piston-engine fighters. There can be little doubt that, at least when the Second World War began, ...

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 as ...