Eugen Sänger's Ramjet Powered Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a & Skoda-Kauba SK P. 14-01

by David Myhra PhD

Overview

“I have seen a great deal in my life, but nothing so astounding as the sight and sound of this roaring, flaming D-17Z in a power dive at over 420 mph (675.9 km/h).” Fritz Stamer, famed gliding pilot said after witnessing the flight of the early version of a Sänger ramjet engine operating in open air. While viewing the digital images and photographs, with some imagination, you can understand Fritz’s astonishment! Read the story of some of Sänger’s accomplishments with the Me 262A-1a & the Skoda-Kauba SK P. 14-01.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014548656
Publisher:	RCW Technology S&S, Inc
Publication date:	04/22/2012
Series:	The Luftwaffe Project Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

• David Myhra, PHD, has written more books (30+) on World War Two German flying machines and their designers than anyone living or dead. He has interviewed dozens of former German aviation designers and gas turbine and rocket scientists throughout the 1980s in places such as West Germany, East Germany, France, the USA, South America and other countries. He was also involved in the production of numerous TV documentaries such as the History Channel’s 2005 “Nazi Plan to Bomb New York” and the National Geographic TV Channel’s 2009 documentary “Hitler’s Stealth Fighter.” (This featured the building of a full-scale replica of the Horten Ho 229 V3 by the Northrop Corporation and its radar cross section (RCS) testing at their classified radar test range in the California Mojave Desert.) Visit his website: www.stealthaircraftandaviationhistory.net