Author Topic: Did 234's and 262's operate from......... (Read 142 times)

SKurj · « **on:** October 05, 2001, 01:30:00 PM »

Grass fields?

SKurj

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2001, 01:42:00 PM »

Donno.

But there was a requirement during 262 development for the use of "Silber" fields. These fields needed to have paved runways. BTW one of the codenames for the 262 was "Silbervogel", silverbird.

Voss · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2001, 04:17:00 PM »

Yes, Skurj, I believe they did!

R4M · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2001, 04:43:00 PM »

The Me262 not, AFAIK, but the Arado indeed did fly from grass fields (at least the recce version wich had a trolley for take off and skids for landing

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Vermillion · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2001, 05:57:00 PM »

R4M I would be really suprised if they operated from grass fields with the production models with the standard landing gears.

Voss · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2001, 06:07:00 PM »

Sometime you should watch the Discovery series on Luftwaffe aircraft. I have seen footage of a 262 taking off from a grass field. Admittedly, it was the tail dragger, but still!...