Cool, and thanks.
It would be amazing if one of the Me-262 reproductions was shown in one of the airshows. So would a Meteor (I think it was mentioned that Planes Of Fame's Mk 4 is in decent condition, but engine-less). Add a P-80 and their Vampire and you could have all the the WWII jet fighters of the war (except Heinkel's but no more 280s and I would doubt the 162s have stood up well enough to allow flight restoration). (though I expect the Me-262 would be the least likely occurance, though the others don't seem so unlikely, especially since POF has them locally even if only static for the P-80 and Meteor)
Even if not all were flying it would still be cool to see them together.
Though they say to have a Flying Mk IV vampire, and to my knowledge this model was never built. (not even prototypes)
Too bad most museums are so conservative with their aircraft. If there were more living museums, maby some of the 10 or so 262s left might still be flying.
Planes of fame flies the last fully authentic Zero and P-26 and the Northrop N9M. All almost infinately more scarse than the 262, but I guess they just appreciate living history more than many others do. Hell, there are only 6 P-59s left and that's if you incluse the original prototupe and the one at Edwards AFB mounted on a pole.
Planes of Fame doesn't have a Me-262, do they. Because wikipedia lists them as having one of the survivors, but I didn't see one listed in the POF inventory online. (ps they misspelled Lockheed as Lockeed in all but one case on the POF inventory) I know they have He 162 though there was a rumor that they sold it to a german museum, I hope not. =(
Messerschmitt Me 262 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Museum Aircraft Inventory - The Air Museum ~ Planes of Fame
Ok, I looked it up and found out that "Marge" (the Me-262A-1a/U3, with nose replaced with the fighter-type one) was sold to Paul Allen and has been moved to
Flying Heritage Collection Also it looks like they're is restoring it, possibly to flight condition? Ironicly the HFC is located very near to where the Me 262 project is and they are actually moving to a new facility based at Paine Feild, so it will be at the same location as the Me 262 project. I wonther what the project people will think if the HFC gets their original Me 262 flying right under the Me 262 project's nose.
If it is restored to flight status and they decide to show it in shows, maby it'll show at Chino sometime. Have any of the FHC aircraft gone to POF before?
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