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Originally Posted by patz
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Also check out the hybrid Soviet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_I-250 which flew 10 years earlier back in 1945.
Designed to use prop at low speeds and turbine at higher speeds.
'Best of both worlds' was probably their original intention.
Because ME262's got shot down loitering around airports all the time. Jets were vulnerable creatures.
FWIW the Soviet I-250 also had some drama involved during production and flopped.