Chapter 892： ME 262 in service (1/2)
Messerschmitt aircraft assembly plant in Augsburg, Germany.
A peculiarly shaped airplane appeared at the end of the production line. At this time, many people had gathered here, including the high-level German and air force.
Cyric stood in front of the plane. At this time, a big red flower was picked up on the plane. Under the shining of the light, the aluminum alloy skinned aircraft shone.
If compared with other airplanes, the biggest feature of this airplane is that it has no propellers!
Since the invention of the airplane, the propeller is a necessary equipment. The propeller agitates the air and blows it backwards to obtain forward power. This has been deeply rooted in everyone's impression.
However, the times are constantly changing, and technology is constantly innovating. As the speed of aircraft continues to increase, propellers will eventually become a stumbling block on the way forward.
It will bring more resistance. The current propeller aircraft has developed to the extreme, and the speed cannot be increased. The tip of the propeller has encountered a huge problem called the sound barrier.
If you want to continue to improve, you must improve the new program, this is the jet!
After a long test flight in Libya, finally, Messerschmitt’s latest fighter has passed various certifications and started mass production. Now, it is the off-line ceremony of the first ME262 fighter!
After the BF109, Messerschmitt has been in obscurity. It has been at a disadvantage in the competition with the FW190, so that even the Air Force has reduced the order for the BF109. Only those who know the insider know that Messerschmitt is accumulating. , Now, it's time for results!
Professor Willie Messerschmidt was extremely excited this day. He was wearing a woolen uniform with a sleeve with a 4D sign on his arm. At this time, he looked at this ex-flight fighter. It's like his child.
How many repeated revisions did it take to finally get the approval of the military, the approval of the head of state, and finally the production? This will be a fighter that will completely change the situation of air combat!
”Today, we have a great moment.” Cyric stood in front of the plane and started his speech.
”When all countries were still using biplanes, we had already used monoplanes, and when they were still making wooden planes, we were already using aluminum alloys. Today, we are in the forefront of the world. When they were still chasing us on the propeller plane, we had already used jet fighters!”
”Higher and faster are the goals pursued by every aircraft designer and every pilot. Propeller aircraft will eventually become obsolete, and the future belongs to the jet age!” Cyric is extremely affirmative of its own aircraft: ”Now, as this first aircraft rolls off the assembly line, our newly formed test wing will be controlled by the most experienced pilots to control its flight and formulate combat plans. At the same time, the later fighter groups will gradually change. Install jets!”
”Not only fighters, but in the future, we will also have jet bombers, transport aircraft, and our technology is the most advanced of this era. No enemy can stop the expansion of our Third Reich!” Cyric's last words were sonorous. Powerful.
Everyone present applauded. They admired Cyric, the man who created the European empire in one hand.
In the eyes of everyone, Adolf Garland, the director of the Luftwaffe fighter unit, put on a full set of flying equipment and prepared to pilot this advanced jet personally, taking off from the runway outside the factory and flying directly to the air base.