[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

The Me 262 Project is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started with the Texas Airplane Factory and administered by Classic Fighter Industries. It is based at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, United States, near Seattle. The project team of designers, engineers and technicians recentlycompleted the flight test program and delivery of the first of five jets.
The aircraft are powered by highly relaible General Electric CJ610turbojet (Lear jets)engines, concealed inside detailed reproductions of the original Junkers Jumo 004B engines and nacelles. The metallurygy of WWII Germany would envy todays stuff. Some accomodations still had to be made: If Germany had had the J85.... http://www.cybermodeler.com/special/stormbird.shtml This one 'landed' at the Aviation Museum in McMinnville OR where my daughter was an assistant for four college years! I spent a lot of visits there! > EDIT: Woops! already been done "Tuskegee Thunder"1st Lt. Earl R. Lane of the 100th Figher Group destroys a Messerschmitt-262 jet high over Germany.
Also shown: the Luftwaffe were using a captured P-51 (all black) Mustang during this action. Wow! I looked that up:

Thanks a lot for the Information. This is an excellent dissertation on the engine. The general Electric J-85 powered the Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger. The J-85 turbojet isn't nearly as efficient as modern turbo fan designs so I'm sure it has a short range. The CJ10 Turbojet engine you mentioned is the same engine without the afterburner. The Jumo and BMW Jet engines had a very short TBO ( Time between Overhauls ) The scarcity of raw materials and the metallurgy contributed greatly to that short time.

I never knew the Mustang had fallen into German hands. Do you have any more information on that ?