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[[File:Me 262 flight show at ILA 2006.jpg|thumb|Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 produced by the project in 2006]]
[[File:Messerschmitt Me 262 B1-A D-IMTT 501244 replica ILA Berlin 2016 01.jpg|thumb|right|Reproduction Messerschmitt Me 262 W.Nr.501244 operated as D-IMTT at the [[Berlin Air Show]] 2016]]

The '''Me 262 Project''' is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the [[Messerschmitt Me 262]], the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started by the Texas Airplane Factory and administered by Classic Fighter Industries. It is based at [[Paine Field]] in [[Everett, Washington]], [[United States]], near [[Seattle]]. The project team of designers, engineers, and technicians completed the flight test program in 2012 <ref>[http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/collings-foundation-messerschmitt-262.html "Extraordinary Flight Training Opportunity in a Messerschmitt Me 262"] Retrieved: 21 April 2017.</ref> and delivery of the first of five jets.<ref>Gunston 2005</ref>

The aircraft are powered by [[General Electric CJ610]] [[turbojet]] engines, concealed inside detailed reproductions of the original [[Junkers Jumo 004|Junkers Jumo 004B]] engines and nacelles.<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205144945/http://www.stormbirds.com/project/technical/technical_3.htm|title=Me 262 Project: Powerplant & Performance Section|url=http://www.stormbirds.com/project/technical/technical_3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Production==
Five aircraft were built:<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205144945/http://www.stormbirds.com/project/general/profiles.htm|title=Me 262 Project: Aircraft Profiles Section|url=http://www.stormbirds.com/project/general/profiles.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
; Me 262B-1c W.Nr.501241 reg.N262AZ
: [[Collings Foundation]], [[Houston, Texas]], US, in flying condition. First replica to fly, 20 December 2002.

; Me 262B-1c W.Nr.501242
: [[Evergreen Aviation Museum]], [[McMinnville, Oregon]], US, on static museum display. In the markings of an aircraft of Jadgeschwader 7 (11/JG-7) based at [[Brandenburg-Briest Solarpark|Brandenburg-Briest]], flown by Leutnant Alfred Ambs.

; Me 262A/B-1c W.Nr.501243 reg.N262MF
: [[Military Aviation Museum]], [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]], US, in airworthy condition.

; Me 262A/B-1c W.Nr.501244 reg.D-IMTT
: Messerschmitt Stiftung, [[Manching]], Germany, in airworthy condition.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title= World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition |year= 2005 |publisher= Sutton Publishing Limited |location= Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK |isbn= 0-7509-3981-8 }}

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==External links==
* [http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/stormbird-12695578 Stormbird – Air & Space Magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150123071204/http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/new-me-262-reproduction-lands-at-the-museum New Me-262 Reproduction Lands at the Museum – Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]
* [http://www.historynet.com/aviation-history-book-review-project-262 Aviation History Book Review: Project 262 – HistoryNet]
* [http://www.aeroman.org/html/messerschmitt.html Messerschmitt – aeRoman]
* [http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/group-building-messerschmitt-jets-near-seattle/article_daf039fd-5650-5652-a65f-e08f935c9fce.html Group Building Messerschmitt Jets Near Seattle – East Oregonian]

[[Category:Aerospace companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Multinational aircraft manufacturers]]
[[Category:Everett, Washington]]
[[Category:Messerschmitt Me 262]]

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