I was searching on the internet for some repair info and found this (originally) 'clickbait' site about a WWII German jet. The link here is NOT 'clickbait!' It's to the NASA Air & Space Museum, and has info on the plane. If you recall in one of the Indiana Jones movies, there was a scene where this design plane was trashed by I. Jones.
Well, in the roundup of German secrets after the outcome of the European war was inevitable (search for 'Operation Paperclip,' just loads of technology was recovered by the USA/UK, to keep it out of the Russians' hands), this plane was removed to the USA. Be sure to check-out the construction method of the plane's 'skin.' Similar to the British Mosquito bomber, it provided a low radar 'signature,' and the plane's designer had a scheme to reduce it even further.
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19600324000
BTW, the American space program was founded from the German scientists who fled towards the American troop lines, away from the Russians, as the war was coming to a close in Europe. It included a young, talented rocket scientist who eventually became head of NASA! Dr. Von Braun it is rumored was the model for Peter Seller's character in "Dr. Strangelove." You 'young-un's,' if you've never watched that movie, put it in your Netflix list, it's a Cold War story classic.
The V2 hardware was also brought to the USA, at the end of WWII and the Germans credited an American scientist, Dr. Robert Goddard, the first person to develop a functional liquid-fueled rocket, as the inspiration for the German liquid-fueled rocket program. Dr. Goddard's work was published in scientific journals to which the Germans subscribed, and they began their own research that resulted in the V2's which were bombing London. Dr. Goddard was perceived by the establishment to be something of an ineffectual scientist doing 'dead-end' work, but a member of the DuPont family agreed to fund his research, and did so. If the USA military leaders had paid more attention to Dr. Goddard's work, how much different would things have been by the time WWII happened. Then again, given the generals' and admirals' reluctance to embrace the idea of air warfare after WWI, (see General Billy Mitchell, who was court-martialed for supporting the use of air power, as the generals and admirals worried it would divert funds from the US Army and US Navy) http://www.456fis.org/GENERAL_BILLY_MITCHELL.htm
it's not too-hard to understand that they would make the same mistake with the new technology Dr. Goddard was working to perfect after WWI.
So, here's a pic of the plane, pretty interesting, and much different from the Messerschmit ME 262 'Komet.'
As you can see, the resemblance to the USAF's B2 bomber is significant. John Northrop of Northrop Aviation wanted to continue the 'flying wing' development, which he had been working on independent of the German work, even before WWII, but he lost-out in the funding cutbacks after WWII. Here is a shot of the Northrop planes which were built:
Yes, the American planes are prop-driven, at least one was converted to jet power.
http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/evolution of technology/Northrop.htm
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Northrop/xb-35/xb-35_blurb/conspiracy/body_conspiracy.html
Well, in the roundup of German secrets after the outcome of the European war was inevitable (search for 'Operation Paperclip,' just loads of technology was recovered by the USA/UK, to keep it out of the Russians' hands), this plane was removed to the USA. Be sure to check-out the construction method of the plane's 'skin.' Similar to the British Mosquito bomber, it provided a low radar 'signature,' and the plane's designer had a scheme to reduce it even further.
http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19600324000
BTW, the American space program was founded from the German scientists who fled towards the American troop lines, away from the Russians, as the war was coming to a close in Europe. It included a young, talented rocket scientist who eventually became head of NASA! Dr. Von Braun it is rumored was the model for Peter Seller's character in "Dr. Strangelove." You 'young-un's,' if you've never watched that movie, put it in your Netflix list, it's a Cold War story classic.
The V2 hardware was also brought to the USA, at the end of WWII and the Germans credited an American scientist, Dr. Robert Goddard, the first person to develop a functional liquid-fueled rocket, as the inspiration for the German liquid-fueled rocket program. Dr. Goddard's work was published in scientific journals to which the Germans subscribed, and they began their own research that resulted in the V2's which were bombing London. Dr. Goddard was perceived by the establishment to be something of an ineffectual scientist doing 'dead-end' work, but a member of the DuPont family agreed to fund his research, and did so. If the USA military leaders had paid more attention to Dr. Goddard's work, how much different would things have been by the time WWII happened. Then again, given the generals' and admirals' reluctance to embrace the idea of air warfare after WWI, (see General Billy Mitchell, who was court-martialed for supporting the use of air power, as the generals and admirals worried it would divert funds from the US Army and US Navy) http://www.456fis.org/GENERAL_BILLY_MITCHELL.htm
it's not too-hard to understand that they would make the same mistake with the new technology Dr. Goddard was working to perfect after WWI.
So, here's a pic of the plane, pretty interesting, and much different from the Messerschmit ME 262 'Komet.'
As you can see, the resemblance to the USAF's B2 bomber is significant. John Northrop of Northrop Aviation wanted to continue the 'flying wing' development, which he had been working on independent of the German work, even before WWII, but he lost-out in the funding cutbacks after WWII. Here is a shot of the Northrop planes which were built:
Yes, the American planes are prop-driven, at least one was converted to jet power.
http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/evolution of technology/Northrop.htm
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Northrop/xb-35/xb-35_blurb/conspiracy/body_conspiracy.html
