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alltough i am very interested in ww II i am not very specialised in Luftwaffe
but i found this picture and would like to know more about it
any information or links please ( and what's the name of this plane )
tnx
but i found this picture and would like to know more about it
any information or links please ( and what's the name of this plane )
tnx
- Kurt_Steiner
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Hi Hein!
It's a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war. Its spectacular performance (both speed and climb rate) and dangers (because of the highly explosive rocket fuels) make it a fascinating piece of aviation history.
see
http://www.sml.lr.tudelft.nl/~home/rob/me163.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/me163.htm
http://mitglied.lycos.de/luftwaffe1/me1 ... intro.html (in German)
http://www.wblick.de/Flugzeuge/Me_163_g ... 163_g.html (in German)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.wal ... light1.htm
http://www.luftarchiv.de/ (in German)
http://www.ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg400.htm
http://www.franka.clara.net/pilot_story_5.htm
books:
Me 163: Rocket Interceptor (German) by Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann
It's a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war. Its spectacular performance (both speed and climb rate) and dangers (because of the highly explosive rocket fuels) make it a fascinating piece of aviation history.
see
http://www.sml.lr.tudelft.nl/~home/rob/me163.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/me163.htm
http://mitglied.lycos.de/luftwaffe1/me1 ... intro.html (in German)
http://www.wblick.de/Flugzeuge/Me_163_g ... 163_g.html (in German)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.wal ... light1.htm
http://www.luftarchiv.de/ (in German)
http://www.ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg400.htm
http://www.franka.clara.net/pilot_story_5.htm
books:
Me 163: Rocket Interceptor (German) by Stephen Ransom, Hans-Hermann Cammann
[quote="Kurt_Steiner"]Hi Hein!
It's a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war
Are you sure, i tought that the Bachem Natter Ba 349 was operational. It was never used operationally though, as the allies got close to the launch ramps and the Germans blew them up. I think it was operational for a couple of weeks before allied capture.
It's a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only only operational rocket-powered aircraft of the second world war
Are you sure, i tought that the Bachem Natter Ba 349 was operational. It was never used operationally though, as the allies got close to the launch ramps and the Germans blew them up. I think it was operational for a couple of weeks before allied capture.
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Also if you are after some great books on the Me 163 i highly recommend these two below
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catal ... s_id=23590
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catal ... s_id=23591
For reference material you can't go wrong with them i use them all the time.
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catal ... s_id=23590
http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/catal ... s_id=23591
For reference material you can't go wrong with them i use them all the time.
- ChrisMAg2
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Ba 349 was still far from being operational. It was in the final stages of evaluation and in the very first step of production. The first maned/ piloted functional and powered version ended lethal for the pilot on the maiden flight. The other devices were not used anymore.Stormbird wrote: ...
Are you sure, i tought that the Bachem Natter Ba 349 was operational. It was never used operationally though, as the allies got close to the launch ramps and the Germans blew them up. I think it was operational for a couple of weeks before allied capture.
Me 262 was indeed used operatinaly in WW2, but it was jet-powered fighter.VoL[oM wrote:Wasn't the me-262 our i think 263 used in world war 2 ?
Regards
Christian M. Aguilar
- Kurt_Steiner
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Hi everybody!
Stormbird wrote:
VoL[oM wrote:
The Me 263 was an improved version of the Komet, longer, with fixed landing gears and more fuel capacity. A glider version flew in April 1994 at Dessau, but nothing came out of it
Stormbird wrote:
As ChrisMAg2 points out, the Natter only flew some experimetnal flights. The first trial took place Feb 28, 1945, and it crashed, killing its pilot, Oberleutnant Lothar Siebert. In April, there had been 37 flights, all of them wereexperimental.Are you sure, i tought that the Bachem Natter Ba 349 was operational. It was never used operationally though, as the allies got close to the launch ramps and the Germans blew them up. I think it was operational for a couple of weeks before allied capture.
VoL[oM wrote:
Yes, the Me 262 was operational, as ChrisMAg2 points out.Wasn't the me-262 our i think 263 used in world war 2 ?
The Me 263 was an improved version of the Komet, longer, with fixed landing gears and more fuel capacity. A glider version flew in April 1994 at Dessau, but nothing came out of it
Bachem Natter Ba 349 re
ha stormbird
ive been taken more info about this superb airplaine.
also i found some more pictures as you asked
all thanks 4 info
hein
ive been taken more info about this superb airplaine.
also i found some more pictures as you asked
all thanks 4 info
hein
- Kurt_Steiner
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more pics
hai kurt
here some more pics and a few good sites
http://www.germanvtol.com/bachemfolder/bachem.html
http://jpcolliat.free.fr/trident/trident-10.htm
fun
here some more pics and a few good sites
http://www.germanvtol.com/bachemfolder/bachem.html
http://jpcolliat.free.fr/trident/trident-10.htm
fun
- paddywhack
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not true about it being the only operatational rocket plane,you see that pic of the natter thats taken in a meseum by hein well if you look to the right you see a white liitle plane and that is a jap plane code name a the cherry blossem and it was also a rocket powered plane though it was for kamacaze only,heres a pic!
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I thought that to when i read Steiners reply but the Ohka was not really an aircraft more like a giuded missile. Yes the guidance system happened to be a crazy japanese person and yes it was rocket powered but it couldn't take off and it couldn't land, and your trip was one way. Here is a Japanese rocket aircraft (actually german design but in Japanese service) but it was never flew operationaly.
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