Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Why not just go from the 109 to the 262?" video.

  1. OK the Luftwaffe decided not make any more piston engines a month or so before the end of the war. They may have been expecting the war to run on much longer. The problems of the 262 are well known. If the war had run on until 1946, look at what the British were doing with the reliable Meteor. If the Luftwaffe thought they were at an advantage they were mistaken. In November 1945 a Meteor F.3 broke the world speed record reaching 606 mph (975 km/h). In early 1946, this record was again broken when a Meteor F.4 reached a speed of 616 mph (991 km/h). Other records were broken like flight time endurance, rate of climb and speed. In contrast the temperamental Me 262 reached a maximum speed of 560 mph. In 1945, a Meteor powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent jet engines driving propellers created the first turboprop aircraft to fly.
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