Killer Komet

摘要

Combining a rocket-powered aircraft with an engine-Jess glider may seem obvious today, but only because the ever-inventive German military industry did it during World War II. The Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a - the only tailless rocket-powered interceptor to see service - is one of the most remarkable weapons of the war. Launched with the use of a doliy, jettisoned after takeoff, the Me 163 featured a skid that extended and that often failed upon touchdown.