Design work on the Messerschmitt Me 262 began before the outbreak of the Second World War, but due to problems with the engine design, metallurgy issues and top-level interference-led to delays.
months, i suppose it was a matter of about 30 seconds, the engines restarted and we found, we worked our way out of berlin. and i turned to him and i said, doug, you weren t frightened were you 7 and he said no, i wasn t frightened, i was bloody terrified! laughs. the scariest raid, without question, was when i was picked up by a jet fighter. the me 262 had what was known as air to air radar. once it got a visual on you he would give you a blast of cannon fire and you would cease to exist, because the fire from an me 262 was formidable. in my aircraft i had what was known
the me 262 had what was known as air to air radar. once it got a visual on you he would give you a blast of cannon fire and you would cease to exist, because the fire from an me 262 was formidable. in my aircraft i had what was known as radar detection equipment. so as soon as he turned on his air to air radar, i got a signal in my cockpit. and then i would take immediate evasive action, as i did, by dropping down 10,000 feet and altering course. and my navigator was complaining bitterly and saying to me, well, how do you know? i can t see him. and i said, a very good thing too, because if you could see him, he could see us, and we would be dead. so i can t afford for you to be wrong. and i dodged in and out of the sky and all over the place, and eventually i took
(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is set to meet and discuss the possible de-escalation of Metro Manila from Alert Level 3 to the less strict Alert Level 2 following the downward trend in reported coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, Malacanang said Tuesday. Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the task force would study this and announce its decision before the month ends. "Dahil sa gumagandang datos sa National Capital Region, tatalakayin sa IATF kung handa na bang ma-deescalate ang Metro Manila sa Alert Level 2. Pag-aaralan pa ito ng IATF at asahan ninyong mailalabas ang desisyon bago matapos ang Enero (Because of the improving figures in NCR, we will discuss at IATF if Metro Manila is ready to de-escalate to Alert Level 2. We will study this and rest assured that a decision will come out before January ends)," he said in a Palace brief
Guess again if you assumed close air support (CAS) jets were some kind of modern concept. Granted, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and its gargantuan 30mm rotary cannon are better at CAS than any other aircraft in history.