Hitlers flying dart

We had our own secret projects too-

C’mon folks… It must be true if it’s in the Daily Mail… :D:D:p

Anyone care to estimate the glide ratio ?

The article is pure guesswork, they know absolutly nothing about those drawings.

But for the sake of it, lets consider the problems an escaped baloon passenger would face…………DOH!

The British answer would be gigantic windmills to blow the baloon far out over the atlantic, resulting in a drowning death, which is more aryan than getting…..you guessed it.

The goal was not safety, death by baloon was simply considered more aryan, than getting captured by the British.

😀 Good thinking, but the article reads differently:

‘Then as the pilot released the bomb a balloon would simultaneously inflate and this would add stability and elevation to the glider.

‘This enabled the pilot to get away from the blast so he could make safety and then have another go – unlike a Kamikaze pilot.

Germany wasn’t the only country to come up with odd ideas and designs, Britain, America, Japan and others had a few.
Now that was a weird one.:diablo:

My only head scratching moment about ze Dart Bomber, is that if it had a balloon attached, how on earth would it be able to escape to safety?

Whilst back in Blighty, pitchforks were still being used by some of the Home Guard.:D

The goal was not safty, death by baloon was simply considered more aryan, than getting captured by the British.

Germany wasn’t the only country to come up with odd ideas and designs, Britain, America, Japan and others had a few.

Frank Whittle was the first to register a patent for the turbojet engine in 1930.

Now that was a weird one.:diablo:

My only head scratching moment about ze Dart Bomber, is that if it had a balloon attached, how on earth would it be able to escape to safety?

Retired Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork, who is an aviation historian, said: ‘Towards the end of the war a lot of highly unusual projects were developed by the Nazis.

Whilst back in Blighty, pitchforks were still being used by some of the Home Guard.:D

Plans which have never been seen anywhere else, and were alledgedly found in the ruin of the Reichs Chancellory. Valued between 2 and 3K. I hope they have been authenticated – something looks wrong to me!

Weren’t they found tucked in the back of Hitler’s diaries?

Oh, and I really like that Lufwaffe fella’s woolly mitts.

I like the depiction of the carrier plane – appears to be a Cessna – perhaps a really, really big Cessna.

Not April 1st yet is it?

a 700mph wooden glider?

And gently drift away in a baloon………

Hmm,

Plans which have never been seen anywhere else, and were alledgedly found in the ruin of the Reichs Chancellory. Valued between 2 and 3K.

I hope they have been authenticated – something looks wrong to me!

No manufacturer details, no hint at who drew them or when? No ta, I’ll put my money on the stock market.

Bruce

Would this have hit the bulls eye??

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1093499/Hitlers-pub-dart-bomb-The-secret-Nazi-weapon-drawn-terrorise-Britain.html

Yet another world beater from the Napkinwaffe. 😀