Latest Warbird Recovery News… Yellow 5 now on its gear…
Legend Flyers of Everett, WA reports that Messerschmitt Me262 “Yellow 5” has had the fuselage mated to the wings and is now on its landing gear. This static example of the historic Me262 fighter jet has been painted in the markings of JG-7 pilot Albert Ambs who was shot down by a Tuskegee Airmen on March 24, 1945.
Yellow 5 on its gear and awaiting engine nacelles.
Yellow 5 will be the only Me262 example to be fitted with 24 rockets- on wooden mounts!
In addition to a complete cockpit layout, Yellow 5 has an authentic gun bay with 4-30MM cannons and will also have 24 wing mounted folding fin rockets, something that no other example of the Me262 has.
Gun bay features 4-30MM cannons.
Next up for the restoration is the installation of engine nacelles, gear doors and wing slats. Yellow 5 is seeking a permanent home, and several worldwide museums have expressed an interest in this incredible Warbird. Stay tuned…
Warbird Recovery PODCAST…
Warbird Recovery was recently picked by publisher iUniverse as the featured STAR book title, which meant that the book was on the publishers homepage and also included a link to a podcast. The interview was hosted by Allan Hunkin of Vancouver, BC who has interviewed over 700 authors since the beginning of his show-Author Talk. To
listen to the podcast
or go directly to the Warbird
Recover website for more.
Warbird Recovery podcast tells of the challenges in Russia
