Me-262 SwallowMesserschmitt Me 262 Swallow Luftwaffe airplane model. Developed from a 1938 design by the Messerschmitt company, the Me 262 "Schwalbe," ("Swallow") was the world's first operational turbojet aircraft. First flown as a pure jet on July 18, 1942, it proved much faster than conventional airplanes. Development problems, Allied bombings, and cautious Luftwaffe leadership contributed to delays in quantity production. In late 1943, Adolf Hitler agreed to

The other contender is Lockheed Martin

and the assigned mission are the same

piloted by Orville

Named "Magic Hand"

Seventeen of the fifty-three S-43s manufactured were purchased by the US Navy

Designed and built by the five Granville brothers (hence the popular name Gee Bee or GB)

and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments

Replaced by the Model 308 Caravan

Cessna T-37 USAF airplane model

With VC-137 Air Force One

Length 17 1/2 inches

Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk model