The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world’s first operational jet fighter and represented a major leap in aviation technology ...

The Messerschmitt Me 262, the world’s first operational jet fighter, made a stunning appearance at OTT Hahnweide 2025 in Germany, presented by the Messerschmitt Stiftung. This faithful reproduction ...

During the years of the Second World War, the name Messerschmitt was dreaded by the enemies of Germany. The Nazi-made Bf 109 0r Me 262 for instance became either the bulk of the Luftwaffe in the case ...

It was to be the weapon that turned the tide of World War II: the Messerschmitt ME 262, powered by a jet engine. The secret project found a home in a remote corner of eastern Germany. Hitler hoped ...

Seventy-five years ago The Courier-Mail reported that Queensland Spitfire pilots had “again been in the forefront of the battle against German jet planes over Europe’’. The Queenslanders were going up ...

Die amerikanischen Bomberpiloten wollten im Zweiten Weltkrieg ihren Augen nicht trauen, was da an ihnen vorbeisauste: Flugzeuge, locker 200 Kilometer in der Stunde schneller als ihre "Mustang"-Jäger - ...

WHEN Will Messerschmitt was forced to stop making Nazi planes at the end of World War II he turned to making quirky little three-wheeled cars. In the wake of the war there was a ban placed on Germans ...

One thing that must be said about three- wheelers and bubble cars alike is that their designs were not hampered by an over reliance on conventional thinking. But the Messerschmitt KR175 was arguably ...

After market demand suddenly dried up for ME 109 and ME 262 fighters in 1945, German aircraft maker Messerschmitt began a new battle for survival, building among other things sewing machines and ...

As Nazi Germany made its last desperate attempts to continue its reign of terror in Europe, brave Queensland airmen risked their lives shooting down a weapon that ...

As Nazi Germany made its last desperate attempts to continue its reign of terror in Europe, brave Queensland airmen risked their lives shooting down a weapon that ...