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Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, a test pilot who holds the record for number of different aircraft flown, was asked about the ME262. Jump to 6:30 for that part.
 
Is it supposed to be the same aircraft? The first photo is from 1950 but didn't make it into a LIFE magazine article until 1953, this story on the aircraft type notes that the particular aircraft in the photo had crashed and was destroyed before the article was even published.
https://vintageaeroplanewriter.blogspot.com/2010/02/1950s-landseaire-air-yacht.html
http://www.qattara.it/versione in arabo/catalina.pdf
 
all on the same page. The first one was in the middle of people having fun on planes, the last picture - was the last picture
 
Oh, you're right. The article does say that they are two different aircraft. Last picture was Saudi Arabia.
 
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Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U4 bomber destroyer prototype armed with a nose mounted BK-5 50mm cannon – this one was captured by the USAF in 1945
 
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