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277. From Dan O'Connell,
Me 262 The Production Log, (Classic, 2005), p. 16:
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Flugkapitän Fritz Wendel made two taxiing runs on 17 July 1942. On the following rainy day, he took off from Leipheim at 08:40 to complete the first Me 262 all jet flight. This lasted for 12 minutes and was made with Jumo T1 [004 A0] engines V8 and V9. It was necessary to apply the brakes in order to bring up the tail, after which rudder and stabilizer response was good but the ailerons were too light. He made the second, 13 minute, flight of the day at 12:05. Landings were easily accomplished at 190 km/h, with the second occurring on the grass field ...".
These screenshots, are taken from the YouTube video
"Messerschmitt Me 262", starting at 0:47, of Me 262 V3 W.Nr. 262 000 0003 with the
stammkennzeichen "PC+UC".
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278. The first four Me 262 prototypes were tail draggers with rear wheels and the wings swept back only from the outside of the engine nacelles. The bubble canopy of the first six prototypes had an unbroken surround curved perplex windscreen and distinctine vertical three panel sectioning on the port side of the main cover. The huge engine nacelles of the Jumo 004 A0 turbojets of 600 kg thrust are also noteable. And there are no leading edge slots on the wings.