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The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: Hitler's Hot Rod Rocket Plane
Dr. Alexander Lippisch had been experimenting on tailless sailplane designs for the German Research Institute for Sailplanes (Deutschen Forschungsinstitut für Segelflug) or DFS, when he was ...
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5 Of The Strangest Aircraft Designs That Took To The Skies
Of course, not every plane designed to fly actually does ... The technology has improved significantly since that time, and in 1972, Alexander Lippisch put together a unmanned aerial vehicle ...