Me -163 Komet
Let’s return to the peculiar World War III era of German airplane “ingenuity”.The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a German interceptor aircraft designed for point defense and is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft to have been operational and it’s also the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1000km/h in steady flight. The innovative and incredible aircraft outdid the speed of all other military planners of the time. It did have its own flaws and one of those was that its creators failed to understand exactly how much fuel the ME-163 actually required. Its tiny fuel tank would be drained in less than three short minutes leaving it to become an easy target.
Me 163 Komet
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