"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/11/2016 at 16:13 • Filed to: Messerschmitt, Me 163, Planelopnik
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
09/11/2016 at 16:13 • Filed to: Messerschmitt, Me 163, Planelopnik | 1
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No, it’s not 16/3.
Nonetheless we can see what passed for a GoPro camera in the early 1940s when Me 163 test pilot Rudi Opitz needed to document what happened in the cockpit.
After the war he moved - or was persuaded to move - to America and died there in 2010 aged 99.
Surviving to any age, never mind 99, was an achievement if you flew a flying bomb like the 163.
In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
> Cé hé sin
09/11/2016 at 17:16 |
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It’s climb rate wasn’t matched until the Hawker Hunter or F100 Super Sabre came along!