What aircraft is this?

[hauptmannn]

Can anyone tell me the name of this aircraft and some info on it?

[Englander]

That is a Heinkel 162 Volkajager
http://members.tripod.com/Air_Museum_ww2/id43.htm

[MadderCat]

some more photos : http://www.luftwaffepics.com/lhe1621.htm

it's a german Heinkel He162, one of the jets flown in WWII
german site with more infos : http://www.luftwaffepics.com/lhe1621.htm
use babelfish to translate


MadderCat

[kobold]

hi.

theres a clue in the filename of the picture
(which doesn't show up in your post, by the way.)


Its a Heinkel He-162 Volksjaeger - "the peoples fighter" .


some information & specifications here:
http://www.vectorsite.net/avhe162.html

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/b ... 2_mm.html
It apparently had an ejector seat too:
http://users.bestweb.net/~kcoyne/he162seat.htm


I just got a copy of "Discovery Channel - Weapons of War - German Fighters" which covers this plane and the other jet/rocket powered planes, with some lovely footage of an me262 flying and landing.




dave

edit:
hehe i was engrossed in reading the pages about the plane i forgot to post this reply doh

[hauptmannn]

Thanks everyone it looks to me like a very dangerous jet if it were to fly against allied aircraft.

[Witch-King of Angmar]

Thanks everyone it looks to me like a very dangerous jet if it were to fly against allied aircraft.

It was indeed very dangerous. Unfortunately, to its pilot.

~The Witch-King of Angmar

[Locke]

Some pilots actually praised He 162. Most of the deficiencies were made due to quick planning and production. But the majority of pilots who flew He162 weren't experienced enough and so the airplane was quite dangerous. He 162 was very unstable and hard to control. But it had an eject seat. Anyway, only 170 He162 were built.

Best wishes,
Polona

[Cantankerous]

Some pilots actually praised He 162. Most of the deficiencies were made due to quick planning and production. But the majority of pilots who flew He162 weren't experienced enough and so the airplane was quite dangerous. He 162 was very unstable and hard to control. But it had an eject seat. Anyway, only 170 He162 were built.

Best wishes,
Polona

Increasing shortages of experienced Luftwaffe pilots prompted the recruitment of many teenage boys from the Hitler Youth to fly the He 162, and a training glider variant of the Spatz, called He 162S, was built for training Hitler Youth pilots, featuring a pilot's seat and a second seat for the flight instructor.