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| hjlittman, Comment for image # 31360 | 01 Apr 14 11:49 |
| According to what I have read, one unit of He-162 reached operational status 2 days before the end of the war. One Salamander was shot down by a Tempest on it's first operation and one shot down a late mark recce Spitfire on the last day of the war. When the British tested captured examples after the war they said that it could run circles around the Meteor and Vampire. Production was delayed by the same problem that plagued all the German designs that used composite construction...With all the advances the Germans had made in chemistry they still had problems making a good waterproof glue. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 17:53 |
| OH NO! The Germans had plenty of wood but aluminum and how it's removed from its ore was the problem. It's why it's cheaper to recycle Al than to extract it even today. At one time elemental Al was more expensive than gold. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 17:08 |
| as mr. bill reminded me, it was solely made up of wood except for the fuselage and horizontal stab which was aluminum. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 16:02 |
| Another "almost". If Germany 's bombed into oblivion industry and lack of natural resources did not curtail their jet fighter and rocket program, Europe and the US may be speaking German today! |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 14:56 |
| it's ww2, they might have got a couple of them made before the end of the war, not as many as the me 262 though. |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 13:10 |
| Brian....Very unique. Was this WW2 vintage? Was it experimental of was it produced in number? |
| BriandKilby, Image # 31360 | 31 Mar 14 11:53 |
all done! |
| BriandKilby, Image # 31356 | 30 Mar 14 17:15 |
peoples fighter almost finished! |
| BriandKilby, Image # 31307 | 25 Mar 14 13:06 |
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| BriandKilby, Image # 31306 | 25 Mar 14 13:06 |
plastic' |
| BriandKilby, Image # 31106 | 11 Mar 14 17:22 |
russia's finest! |
| BriandKilby, Image # 31105 | 11 Mar 14 17:10 |
the people's fighter in plastic. |
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