Me 262 B-1a Restoration
All images ©1999, 2000 John Clark
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Classic Fighter
Industries New Build Me 262 aircraft
1999
The nearly completed Me 262 B-1a, the only one of 15 two seat trainers to survive the war.
In the hangar, looking out. The light colored vertical lines
on the fuselage
are the seems between the panels which are covered with cloth tape.
(Ironicly, this hangar used to house USAF Jet fighters
on 24 hour alerts during the cold war).
Parts from the original Me 262 wing, too corroded for use on the resoration.
2000
Work progresses through early February 2000, with attention to the wing to body filet
Rebuilt starboard engine exhaust nacelle
Starboard pair of 30mm cannon in the nose gun bay
Much of the wing is newly built due to the extreme corrosion found
in the original.
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