Ancient Aliens!!!

jdillinger said:

0.0, well it just goes to show, war times really really feed technological advancement. Maybe if we had more wars we'd have hovercars and not a shitty president who promised change and gave us bullshit. Interesting I hope I don't forget any thing when I come down, haha!.

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jdillinger said:

We meant who had the advantage at the time, dude. The germans since they were putting theory to practical use and were the first to get it off the ground.

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jdillinger said:

Also they developed the first assault rifles. Spearheaded the importance of Armoured vehicles. Superior aircraft dominance in the air. AND REGARDLESS OF WHO THOUGHT UP JET ENGINE. The first and most advanced at it were... *drumroll* The germans, creating the first jet in the world the Messerschmitt Me 262.

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cannabineer said:

I made a mistake in my post above ... The Germans had the first experimental jet in the air, the Heinkel He 178 in August 1939.
The English were third; the second were the Italians, who also had a turbojet research program.
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was of course the first jet fighter, being put into service May 1944. The British weren't far behind ... the Gloster Meteor was put into service in July. It din't get as much attention because it was only used over friendly territory, primarily to pick off V-1 "buzz bomb" cruise missiles. cn

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Dizzle Frost said:

Imagine flying your prop fighter in formation and all of a suuden something comes outa nowere fast and disapears jus as fast.....WTF was that? lol i bet that was the common response to the Me 262

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cannabineer said:

The Me 262 actually only had a 100-mph advantage on the premier prop fighters of the day. Stories abound of skilled Mustang and Thunderbolt jocks who used the peculiarly narrow flight envelope of the Schwalbe to their advantage Chuck Yeager, who flew combat in Mustangs, referred to the Schwalbe as the "Blowjob".
The freaky one was the Me 163 Komet ... it had an attack airspeed of about six hundred MPH, 4/3 that of the fighters but twice that of their natural prey, the bombers. Once the Komet's fuel ran out however, it became a glider and was "easy pickins" for the fighter escort. Ballsy Komet pilots would out the spent fighter in a near-vertical dive, but the pullout for landing left a huge window of vulnerability. cn

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cannabineer said:

The Me 262 actually only had a 100-mph advantage on the premier prop fighters of the day. Stories abound of skilled Mustang and Thunderbolt jocks who used the peculiarly narrow flight envelope of the Schwalbe to their advantage Chuck Yeager, who flew combat in Mustangs, referred to the Schwalbe as the "Blowjob".
The freaky one was the Me 163 Komet ... it had an attack airspeed of about six hundred MPH, 4/3 that of the fighters but twice that of their natural prey, the bombers. Once the Komet's fuel ran out however, it became a glider and was "easy pickins" for the fighter escort. Ballsy Komet pilots would out the spent fighter in a near-vertical dive, but the pullout for landing left a huge window of vulnerability. cn

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jdillinger said:

Dude you know shitloads re: the war... are you sure your not a nazi scientist.. *suspicious eyes* (or a historian?)... (or a avid internet reader?)

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