The test pilot was Karl Baur during January 1945, with both Baur and Lindner flying the machine at various times. The new improvements that had been incorporated paid dividends, as the high-dive-speed control issues had been resolved. The airflow over the canopy was reduced, thus allowing the pilot to maintain greater elevator and rudder control without the surfaces “freezing” and possibly causing a crash. These advances came far too late to make a great difference in the production of future jets, however, let alone alter the course of the air war.
ME 262V7 FLIGHT TESTS
| Flight No. | 1 |
| Date of Flight | Dec. 16, 1943 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | Static |
| Pilot | N/A |
| Airfield | Augsburg |
| Flight No. | 2 |
| Date of Flight | Dec. 20, 1943 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 5 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Lechfeld |
| Flight No. | 3 |
| Date of Flight | Dec. 21, 1943 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 19 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 4 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 3, 1945 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | Static |
| Pilot | N/A |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 5 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 4, 1945 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 13 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 6 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 5, 1945 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 18 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. 7 | |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 5, 1944 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 24 (night) |
| Pilot | Beauvais |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 8 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 9, 1945 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 24 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 9 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 13, 1944 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 8 (night) |
| Pilot | Behrens |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 10 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 13, 1944 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 7 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield | Factory field |
| Flight No. | 11 |
| Date of Flight | Jan. 28, 1944 |
| Flight Duration (minutes) | 12 |
| Pilot | Lindner |
| Airfield |