Editing Messerschmitt Me 262 (section)

===Flyable reproductions===
[[File:Me 262 flight show at ILA 2006.jpg|thumb|Me 262 (A-1c) replica of (A1-a), Berlin Air Show, 2006]]

In January 2003, the American [[Me 262 Project]], based in [[Everett, Washington]], completed flight testing to allow the delivery of partially updated spec reproductions of several versions of the Me 262 including at least two B-1c two-seater variants, one A-1c single-seater and two "convertibles" that could be switched between the A-1c and B-1c configurations. All are powered by [[General Electric CJ610]] engines and feature additional safety features, such as upgraded brakes and strengthened landing gear. The "c" suffix refers to the new CJ610 powerplant and has been informally assigned with the approval of the Messerschmitt Foundation in Germany<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.stormbirds.com/project/general/profiles.htm |title = Aircraft Profiles: Configuration data |publisher = Me 262 Project |access-date = 29 January 2012}}</ref> (the Werknummer of the reproductions picked up where the last wartime produced Me 262 left off – a continuous airframe serial number run with a near 60-year production break).

Flight testing of the first newly manufactured Me 262 A-1c (single-seat) variant (Werknummer 501244) was completed in August 2005. The first of these machines (Werknummer 501241) went to a private owner in the southwestern United States, while the second (Werknummer 501244) was delivered to the Messerschmitt Foundation at Manching, Germany. This aircraft conducted a private test flight in late April 2006 and made its public debut in May at the [[Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung|ILA 2006]]. The new Me 262 flew during the public flight demonstrations.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXd60D_kgQ |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/RYXd60D_kgQ |archive-date = 11 December 2021 |url-status = live |title = Me 262 Flys Again! |last = Jim1410 |date = 13 July 2006 |via = YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Me 262 Werknummer 501241 was delivered to the [[Collings Foundation]] as White 1 of JG 7; this aircraft offered ride-along flights starting in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.collingsfoundation.org/ma_me262program.htm |title = Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Program. |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011133058/http://collingsfoundation.org/ma_me262program.htm |archive-date = 11 October 2007 |publisher = Collingsfoundation.org |access-date = 19 May 2011}}</ref> The third replica, a non-flyable Me 262 A-1c, was delivered to the [[Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum]] in May 2010.{{sfn|Bailey|2010}}
[[File:Collings Foundation's Me 262-zoom.jpg|thumb|[[Collings Foundation]]'s replica Me 262 B-1a, [[Marana, Arizona]]., 2013]]