Most crazy Aircraft

[fffreeze220]

Have a look

link

[frank3]

it's some kind of kamikaze-rocketplane? (I don't intend to read the whole story...)

[john9001]

i don't know about that plane , but the germans were testing a manned V-1 suicide version but it was never used, also the japanese had a rocket powered suicide plane that was dropped from a bomber.

[frank3]

I know about the suicidal manned V-1, Hitler hated the idea of letting Germans kill themselfs

[Fridaddy]

"Silverbird",
a manned, winged vehicle that could reach orbit. The Sänger Amerika Bomber was designed for supersonic, stratospheric flight.
I read an article in Popular Mechanics that said NASA enginners looked at the blueprints and they felt it could work.

[Furball]

you think thats strange?! check this out


http://www.luft46.com/heinkel/hewespe.html

and





http://www.luft46.com/heinkel/helerche.html

VTOL fighters

[hogenbor]

That simply is amazing... that so far ahead of its time it's unbelievable. A good thing they cancelled it, and with a 8000lbs payload too...

[Grendel]

Von Braun and the rest of the German rocket team were more interested on sending man to space and launching space missions, than creating rocket weapons. Actually the V-2 team was arrested at least once for planning space rockets rather than rocket weapons.

After the war that team sent the first man to the moon. Funnu isn't it?

[Swoop]

Actually that thing in the link reminds me of TSR2.......

[Furball]

this "schnellbomber" seems more feasible.  33,000lb bomb load!

http://www.luft46.com/bmw/bmw3.html

[mipoikel]

Originally posted by fffreeze220
Have a look

link

Gatorwarning!

[udet]

there's nothing crazy about that aircraft. It is the precursor of the X-15 and Dynasoar and Space Shuttle

[frank3]

These monsters actually excisted in the 2nd WW??

[Suave]

I think my favorite is the Lippisch p13a, a jet fueled by coal .

http://www.luft46.com/lippisch/lip13a.html

[Fridaddy]

Coal oil, AKA Kerosene.
Still used as jet fuel.