Me163 pilots quickly became experts at deadstick landings, or they died In late 1943, testunit commander Captain Wolfgang Späte, a prewar gliding champion and 80victory ace, flew the first production Me163B, noting, "Now I was about to find out what the Walter engine and my little Me163 actually had in them"The Messerschmitt Me 163 "Komet" was a German World War II Interceptor aircraft by Messerschmitt It was the first and the only operational rocket powered military aircraft The Me 163 was called a "Wunderwaffe", designed to help Germany win the War It was a lousy plane to fly It was the first aircraft capable of flying faster than 1000 km/h, with the Me 163A V4, piloted byMe163 rocket engine development begins Nation Germany There was no interest within the German Aviation Ministry at that time in rocket engines as primary propulsion for a combat aircraft Due to the rocket engine's high fuel consumption, it was seen as only useful in providing Jet Assisted Takeoff for conventional propeller aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Weapons And Warfare
