youtube Luftwaffe vid

[ridley1]

Damn, that's a beautiful airplane, ain't it?

[Grendel]

Originally posted by mipoikel
If I remember right, it was even better than 109 but Willy was just better in marketing.

Nah.  Heinkel 100 came too late. It was much improved from He 112, but too late - Luftwaffe had chosen 109 as its primary fighter in the 1936 fighter contest, which the He 112 completely lost to 109.  And that's it.  A good plane, too late, too little to gain in comparison to 109.

[mipoikel]

Originally posted by Grendel
Nah.  Heinkel 100 came too late. It was much improved from He 112, but too late - Luftwaffe had chosen 109 as its primary fighter in the 1936 fighter contest, which the He 112 completely lost to 109.  And that's it.  A good plane, too late, too little to gain in comparison to 109.

So was it He112 which was better OR had more potential than 109? I think that 109 wasnt clear winner in tests.

[ridley1]

From every documentary I've seen, He and Me really, really were competitive.

I don't think they liked each other much.  IIRC, Heinkle actually put the first jet prototype into the air.