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	Messerschmitt Me 163 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Secrecy was such that the number, 163, was actually that of the earlier Bf 163 project to produce a small two-passenger light plane, which competed against the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch for a production contract, as it was thought that intelligence services would conclude any reference to the number would be for that earlier design.
		Waldemar Voigt of Messerschmitt's Oberammergau offices started a redesign of the 163 to incorporate the new engine, as well as fix other problems.
		A typical Me 163 tactic was to zoom through the bomber formations at 30,000 ft (9,000 m), up to an altitude of 35,000–40,000 ft (10,700–12,000 m), then dive down through the formation again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Me_163_Komet (3302 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163
		The Me 163 Komet was the first (and last) operational rocket fighter aircraft.
		Secrecy was such that the number, 163, was actually that of an earlier project to produce a small two-passenger light plane, as it was thought that intelligence services would conclude any reference to the number would be for that earlier design.
		Landings were often very hard with the pilots injuring their backs, and minor upsets on landing could cause the plane to tip over and clip a wingtip and go spinning down the field.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/me/Me_163_Komet.html (1076 words)

	The Ultimate Messerschmitt Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Messerschmitt is a famous German aircraft manufacturer, known primarily for their World War II fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 and Me 262.
		Messerschmitt AG was incorporated as a separate company on July 11 1938, with Willy Messerschmitt as chairman and managing director.
		Messerschmitt had its share of poor designs as well; the Me 210, designed as a follow-on to the 110, was a disaster that almost led to the forced dissolution of the company.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/MBB (725 words)

	WILLI MESSERSCHMITT
		Messerschmitt crafted his design by working with the most powerful engine then available and building the lightest and most compact airframe possible around it.
		The rocket plane was the Me 163 "Komet." It used a motor built by the inventor Hellmuth Walter, which burned hydrogen peroxide as a fuel.
		Messerschmitt's most serious high-tech effort was the Me 262, the world's first jet fighter to fly in combat.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Messerschmitt/Aero56.htm (1368 words)

	Striking by Night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Me 163 was too fast for the bombers’ gunners to track, but its fuel load was a volatile mix that was deadly on contact and liable to explode.
		This rocket-propelled aircraft was unorthodox: its armament was too slow-firing for its speed, and it jettisoned its wheels on take-off, requiring it to land on a skid.
		However, the Me 163 showed that the Germans were prepared to try revolutionary ideas even as the war was going against them.
	www.awm.gov.au /striking/planes/german/me163.asp (131 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 263 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Messerschmitt Me 263 was a rocket-powered fighter aircraft developed from the Messerschmitt Me 163 towards the end of World War II.
		Early in the project's life, it was redesignated the Junkers Ju 248 resulting from the complicated nature of the later developments of Me 163.
		The fuselage was considerably stretched to accommodate larger fuel tanks to give longer range, the cockpit was redesigned for pressurisation and fitted with a bubble canopy to improve rear view for the pilot, and the Me 163's skid undercarriage was replaced with a conventional retractable undercarriage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_263 (475 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163B
		The airframe was completed at the Messerschmitt works in Augsburg and shipped to Pennemünde West early in 1940 for installation of a Walter R I-203.
		Additional prototypes based on the Me 163 V1 configuration were designated Me 163 A. he first Me 163 B prototype, the Me 163 V3, was completed in April 1942, but it was not until early fall that the first Walter 109-509A motors were ready for installation.
		Unlike the earlier cold principle motor which directed all of the oxygen and water vapor produced by the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide out of the engine's nozzle, the new motor employed a hot system in which the oxygen was ignited for additional thrust and better fuel efficiency.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/me163.htm (1637 words)

	Me 163 Komet
		The Messerschmitt 163 Komet was one of the most radical and truly futuristic aircraft of the world war two.
		The first version (163 V1) flew in the spring of 1941 as a glider, and in August 1941 with propulsion.
		The final production-version was 163 C with a fully retractable tail-wheel, a longer fuselage and a new improved engine with the ability for the aircraft to cruise, it was from this version that the Me 263 was produced.
	members.tripod.com /aviation_corner/me163.html (318 words)

	Messerschmit 163 Komete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Me 163 was likely to get blown over while landing and the rudder was virtually useless at low speeds.
		Bombing the Messerschmitt plant at Regensburg destroyed most of the first production aircraft, but the actual production was spread over Germany due to the leadership of Klemm Technik.
		Nothing was shot down, mostly as a result of the extremely high speed of the Komete (by the time the Me 163 pilot or the B-17 gunners started shooting, the Komete often already had passed the bomber).
	users.telenet.be /bert.dujardin/Me_163B_Komete.htm (1333 words)

	Messerschmitt Bf163
		In 1939 Lippisch was tranferred to Messerschmitt and the project turned into a combat aircraft, finally flying on the 3750lb thrust of its Walter HWK 109-509 rocket in August 1943.
		The pilot sat in a pressurized cockpit in the nose and could fire two 30mm MK 208 cannon in the wing roots, and in many later examples also had 24 R4/M rockets which could bring down a B-17 with a single hit.
		In the air the 163 was a delight, combining beautiful handling with unprecedented performance.
	www.expage.com /airge8 (243 words)

	Rocket Fighters
		The design bureau of Nikolai Polikarpov, the "king of fighters", also worked on a rocket fighter, the "Malyutka", but it was unfinished when Polikarpov died of a heart attack in 1944; work on the machine ended with him.
		In the spring of 1944, when the situation for the Reich was clearly becoming desperate, the RLM issued a requirement for a small and cheap interceptor, built mainly of wood and intended for defense of point targets.
		Junkers, Heinkel, and Messerschmitt submitted proposals; the RLM selected the Junkers P1077 "Julia" rocket-powered interceptor as the winner.
	www.vectorsite.net /avkomet.html (4729 words)

	Glenn Illustrators: ME-163 print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The egg-shaped Me 163 was designed as a fast-climbing bomber interceptor whose rocket engine could boost it to speeds of over 590 mph.
		In fact, the Me 163 was the fastest piloted aircraft of WWII, faster even than any jet of the day.
		By August of 1944, I/G 400, the unit equipped with the Me 163, was based at Brandis, near Leipzig, Germany.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /glennill/prints/me-163.htm (170 words)

	Me-163
		The rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me-163 was the world's first and only operational pure rocket fighter and represented the culmination of Alexander Lippisch's years of research in rocketplanes, tail-less aircraft, and delta wings.
		The Walther engine was simpler than the rocket team's prototype, could produce 1000 kgf for 300 seconds, and was capable of taking a rocket fighter to 12 km altitude within two minutes from engine start.
		Messerschmitt Me-163A powered by "cold" H. Walther rocket successfully flown at Augsburg, Germany, development of which had begun in 1937, but "cold" engine proved unreliable.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/me163.htm (898 words)

	Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet - rocket plane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Their development can be said to have originated from work begun in 1933 by Dr Alexander Lippisch at the German Gliding Research Institute (DFS) at Darmstadt, being based on the Lippisch-designed DFS 194.
		In 1941 the first Me 163 prototype was being tested in gliding flight and shortly after was fitted with a 7.35kN Walter RII-203 rocket motor.
		Speeds of up to 915km/h were achieved (limited by the volume of liquid propellants carried) and to gain some idea of the speed potential, this aircraft was towed to a high altitude before being released.
	avia.russian.ee /air/germany/me-163.html (477 words)

	Playing the Last Ace
		The Messerschmitt Me-163 rocket fighter aircraft, perhaps better known as the Komet, was possibly the most radical German manned fighter aircraft design to actually enter the WW II combat theatre.
		After primary training in gliders and a degree in mechanical engineering, Boehner was transferred to fighter pilot training, followed by a posting to JG53, where he flew Me 109´s as a line pilot until the April 1942, and later as Technical Officer of that unit.
		In September of 1943, Schiebeler was posted to a subdivision of the Me 163 test flying unit Erprobungskommando 16, which was stationed at Peenemünde, Germany.
	www.brooksart.com /Lastace.html (768 words)

	Komet Me163 - Chief test pilot Rudy Opitz tells it like it was - Flight Journal.com Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Without the technological breakthroughs that were central to the success of the Messerschmitt 163 Komet program, the modern jet age would have advanced far more slowly.
		By October 22, 1941, the Messerschmitt A.G. gave Udet a detailed plan for the construction of 70 Me 163B interceptors that could lead to an operational fighter group by the spring of 1943.
		In November, Dittmar severely injured his back on landing a 163 and was confined to the hospital.
	www.flightjournal.com /fj/articles/me163/me163_1.asp (1128 words)

	Maquette 1/72 Messerschmitt Me 163
		The Me 163 was a short range rocket powered interceptor employed by the Luftwaffe to knock down the ever increasing number of allied bombers attacking the Reich.
		The Me 163 had excellent climb rate, a top speed of 955km/h and was armed with 30mm cannon.
		However, the plane had it's shortcomings: its 35km range meant that the pilot had little time to intercept and return.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/luftwaffe/me-163_maquette.htm (552 words)

	1/5 scale me163B aircraft
		One of the most remarkable of the Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) produced by Nazi Germany during World War II, the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet holds the distinction of being the first and only tailless rocket-powered interceptor to see operational service.
		The concept for the Komet originated during the late thirties, when rocket propulsion for aircraft became increasingly attractive to a number of air planners in Nazi Germany.
		This new designation reflects the involvement of Messerschmitt Aircraft Works due to competition between rival aircraft design/manufacturers at the time.
	www.steeldragons.net /Komet1.html (930 words)

	Academy 1/72 Me 163 Komet
		The Me 163 stands apart in aviation history, as the only rocket-powered manned combat aircraft ever to see service.
		The first Me 163 (towed by a Bf 110) proved to be such a good glider that during trials in the spring of 1941, it was very difficult to land.
		The first rocket-powered flight took place on the 13th August 1941, and the aircraft was estimated to have exceeded 800 kmh.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Reviews/luftwaffe/me-163_acad.htm (3067 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163B Decals Preview by Brett Green (Cutting Edge 1/48)
		Like you, we have been excited over the years to see the various Me 163 drawings and paintings showing cool unit badges on the nose.
		Classic Publications in England has just released their second volume on the Me 163, for a total of more than 900 pages of documentation and hundreds of photos.
		We found one photo, white 1 (or 4), in which only the top of the numeral was present, and have supplied it on our sheet.
	decals.kitreview.com /decals/ced48259lpreviewbg_1.htm (481 words)

	Messerschmitt Models and Kits - ...
		Willy Messerschmitt was one of the most significant of Germany's aeronautical design engineers.
		It begins with gliders, covers sport planes, passenger liners, military aircraft, and continues on with the activities of Messerschmitt after WWII including developments in Spain and Egypt.
		The huge glider had a wingspan of 55 meters, was towed by three Bf 110s, and could carry up to 22 metric tons of freight.
	www.motorebooks.com /kitmesser.htm (462 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum - Messerschmitt Flugzeugwerke AG
		At that time it was the most advanced fighter, but soon there was competition like the Spitfire, so the 109 was further developed and other types like the FW 190 arose.
		The Komet, known as "Kraftei" (power egg), was build as a rocket driven short range interceptor against allied bombers.
		It was the first aircraft that was build in an industrial scale, that was driven by a rocket engine and the first one to reach the 1000km/h mark (540kts).
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/ith/messersc.htm (307 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet - Frans Bonné
		It was a truly remarkable and unique design, and the first operational aircraft in the world that was powered by a rocket motor.
		During the spring of 1941 the first trials were performed with the Me 163 V1, as a glider.
		It was a glider in which protoversions of the rocket engine could be tested to see how stability and control of the new design were.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/messme163.html (2379 words)

	Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet - 0164
		The Me 163 was unique: the world's first and only operational rocket-engined fighter.
		This small tailless aircraft had impressive performance and excellent handling, but its rocket engine and fuel were extremely dangerous.
		The Me 163 was a great technological achievement, but a military disaster, with huge accident losses.
	www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1023 (92 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163B Decals Review by Brett Green (Cutting Edge 1/48)
		All the schemes are documented in the new Classic Publications book on the Me 163, Volume 2.
		Me 163 B, White 1 (or possible White 4), 1./JG 400, Brandis, February 1945-NOTE this is the ONLY photo documented wartime Luftwaffe Komet with a badge on the nose (see discussion below);
		This new release will be appreciated by anyone planning to build a 1/48 scale Messerschmitt Me 163B or S kit.
	decals.kitreview.com /decals/ced48259reviewbg_1.htm (774 words)

	Wings of Fire: The Messerschmitt Me 163
		The folks at rocket.aero have moved beyond their stable of American subjects with this latest DVD release on the Me 163.
		For those who are familiar with the rocket.aero family of DVDs, this one will present no new surprises in formatting.
		Basically, what you get is a very thorough selection of period film showing the Me 163 from many angles.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2006/april/new-releases/dvd_me163.php (237 words)

	Jet and Rocket Aircraft WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Progress on the Me 262 was slow and tortuous with a marked lack of interest by the Luftwaffe for the first three years of the war and significant problems with the Jumo turbo-jets that would power the airframe.
		The Me 163 was the world's only operational rocket-engined fighter, built in quite different Me 163A trainer and Me 163B fighter versions.
		Dr Lippisch and his team was transferred to Messerschmitt to continue development and the DFS 194 with a 6001b (2.7kN) thrust Walter HWK R.1 motor flew in 1940.
	www.ww2guide.com /jetrock.shtml (5692 words)

	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - Luftwaffe Resource Center - Experimental (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Messerschmitt Me 263 The potential successor to the Me 163.
		Messerschmitt Me 309 A Messerschmitt single engine fighter prototype.
		Messerschmitt Me 328 A Messerschmitt parasite fighter prototype.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /LRG/secrets.html (44 words)

	Messerschmitt P-1111 by Brett Green (PM 1/72)
		The Messerschmitt P-1111 was a concept for a streamlined, swept-wing tailless interceptor.
		Messerschmitt already had a tailless design (the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet) entering service before the end of hostilities, but the P-1111 remained on the drawing board.
		As far as I am aware, PM’s 1/72 scale P-1111 is the only plastic kit available of this aircraft in any scale.
	www.kitreview.com /reviews/p1111reviewbg_1.htm (535 words)

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