This is just a what if. All the German jet felllows meet in a bar in 1936 and decide that jets are the way to go. Hitler and Goering love it. Several ships wash up on German shores with thousands of tons of nickel, cobalt, chromium and molybdenum inside which is reserved for Jet production. How ever it happens, it happens, and the Germans develop a serviceable engine.
Say Germany fields a full squadron of He-280s and they do very well over Poland. The Me262 is nearly ready to go. The Luftwaffe decide pistons are out and jets are in.
How do you guys reckon fullscale war would affect jet development? If the war managed to carry on to 45 as historical what aircraft would be lining runways around the world?
I think the US would get to at least the Sabre.
British have to get to the Vampire.
Russians would probably have the Mig 15 (I speculate they would start there jet program from crashed and captured german types?)
Germany would probably just stay with the 262 and maybe 229.
Do you reckon we would be seeing supersonic fighters after 6 of war time development?
Say Germany fields a full squadron of He-280s and they do very well over Poland. The Me262 is nearly ready to go. The Luftwaffe decide pistons are out and jets are in.
How do you guys reckon fullscale war would affect jet development? If the war managed to carry on to 45 as historical what aircraft would be lining runways around the world?
I think the US would get to at least the Sabre.
British have to get to the Vampire.
Russians would probably have the Mig 15 (I speculate they would start there jet program from crashed and captured german types?)
Germany would probably just stay with the 262 and maybe 229.
Do you reckon we would be seeing supersonic fighters after 6 of war time development?
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