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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.
		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.
		Me 163 Pilots underwent altitude chamber training to harden them against the rigors of operating in the thin air of the stratosphere without a pressure suit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163 (2566 words)

	WILLI MESSERSCHMITT
		The Messerschmitt Me 163 "Komet" used a rocket motor that used hydrogen peroxide as a fuel.
		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: 2007-10-07)
		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 163 Komet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet) was a single-seat interceptor that operated from 1944 to 1945.
		The Me 163B was a small tailless aircraft that took off from a trolley and landrf on a sprung skid.
		The Me 163 was a delightful combination of beautiful handling and unprecedented performance.
	www.geocities.com /pentagon/2833/luftwaffe/fighter/me163/me163.html (292 words)

	Glenn Illustrators: ME-163 print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Messerschmitt designers led in the development with two of the most important technical advancement of aviation history.
		The Me 262 jet fighter and the Me 163 are monuments of their creativity.
		The Me 163 Komet combined the accumulation of both rocket propulsion and the glider.
	www.aviationartstore.com /messerschmitt_163_komet.htm (538 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet - US Air Force Museum Air Power Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The German Me 163 was one of the most unusual aircraft of World War II.
		The first Me 163A prototypes were tested in 1941, but powered flight testing of the more advanced Me 163B was delayed until August 1943 by engine and fuel problems.
		The Luftwaffe planned to have small units of Komets dispersed to intercept Allied bomber formations, but only 279 Me 163Bs were delivered by the end of the war.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/air_power/ap16a.htm (251 words)

	Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet - rocket plane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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.
		The slightly larger Me 163C development - with aerodynamic refinements, pressurised cockpit and blister-type canopy, and more powerful Walter 109-509C rocket motor - was built only in prototype and pre-production form.
	avia.russian.ee /air/germany/me-163.html (477 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)

	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)

	Cybermodeler Online - Me 163 Komet
		The Me 163A was the development design which was smaller and shaped a little differently than the Me 163B.
		The Me 163B was the fighter version of the Komet.
		Larger than the Me 163A, the Me 163B was armed with a pair of 20mm canons in the wing roots, armor-plated glass ahead of the pilot and a little more power and fuel.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/video/ra/video_ra_me163.shtml (441 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet - Frans Bonné
		During the spring of 1941 the first trials were performed with the Me 163 V1, as a glider.
		The Me 163B1-a's were armed with 2 × 30 mm MK 108 fixed forward-firing in the wing roots, 60 rounds each.
		The DFS 194 was the forefather of the Me 163.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/messme163.html (2379 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Me 163 was unique: the world's first and only operational rocket-engined fighter.
		It was built in quite different Me 163A trainer and Me 163B fighter versions.
		The Me 163 was a great technological achievement, but a military disaster, with huge accident losses.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/ger/ME163KOM.html (83 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet model airplane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This airplane saw action for the first time on July 28 of that year when five Me 163s attacked a formation of Boeing B-17s.
		This proved ineffective, for the closing speed of the two airplanes of about 808 mph meant that the slow-firing MK 108 cannon could be fired for only three seconds before the pilot had to break off his attack.
		The Me 163B-1a was powered by one 3,750-lb thrust Walter HWK 509A-2 rocket motor, giving the airplane a maximum speed of 596 mph at 32,810 feet, service ceiling of 39,700 feet, and a maximum powered endurance 7 minutes 30 seconds.
	www.wondersnevercease.com /wac/airplanes/am263.htm (355 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
		Me 163 Komet used a rocket engine to climb to altitude quickly and glided back to base.
		The prototype was first tested in 1941 but the did not enter operational use until 1944 due to engine and fuel problems.
		279 Me 163B Komets were built, scoring 9 kills while losing 14 aircraft.
	www.shanaberger.com /Me163.htm (64 words)

	Messerschmitt Me-163 \| Aircraft Blueprints \| Aviation History \| Airplane Plans
		The Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet was the first rocket-powered fighter to be placed in active duty.
		Though the Komet was not a significant factor in German air defence, the German Air Force took delivery of 339 and flew them until the end of the war.
		The Messerschmitt Me-163 has earned a place in aviation history as a revolutionary plane.
	www.aviationshoppe.com /catalog/messerschmitt-me163-p-93.html (392 words)

	MESSERSCHMITT Me 163 Komet by Lenger: R/C airplane models from bavaria/germany
		MESSERSCHMITT Me 163 Komet by Lenger: R/C airplane models from bavaria/germany
		The Me 163 Komet of Messerschmitt was a rocket-powered interceptor, developed by the glider technical designer Alexander Lippisch, which offered a revolutionary technology.
		The Komet consisted primarily of wood but, nevertheless, had outstanding flight performance and was the only fighter with rocket propulsion which participated in the Second World War.
	lenger.de /cgi-bin/e_web_store.pl?page=me161.htm&&cart_id=3205089_5551 (143 words)

	Me 163 references
		Covers the Me 163, He 162 and Ar 234 in depth (almost identical to the Aero Detail books), plus limited coverage of all other jet engined types and designs (some 15).
		Contains an entry for the Me 163 with a photo of a captured a/c T-2-500, a photo of a Me 163 cockpit with most of the gauges stripped, plus a photo and specifications for the Walter 109-509 rocket motor.
		Translation: 'Detailed description of the Me 163 A and B with explanations of the characteristics for the purposes of high speed and high altitude flight'.
	www.xs4all.nl /~robdebie/me163/references.htm (3096 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 1/72 Scale
		This is a model of a jet rocket fighter that attacked Allied bombers over Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.
		The Me 163 was actually a human-piloted rocket, so it could only be used to defend the sky above its launch site.
		Subsequently, only 10 confirmed kills were attributed to Me 163s.
	www.jdburgessonline.com /planes/me163.html (136 words)

	Me 163 B detail references
		Belcarz and Peczkowski: 'Me 163 Komet' (Monografie series [unnumbered]; AJ Press [Poland], 1997; in Polish; 73 pages; US$18.98) -- ailerons (p.
		Myhra: 'Messerschmitt Me 263' (X Planes of the Third Reich series [unnumbered]; Schiffer [USA], 1999; 64 pages; US$9.95) -- cannon installation (p.
		Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Messerschmitt Me 163 and Heinkel He 162' (Aero Detail series, No. 10; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1994; in Japanese and English; 90 pages; US$39.95) -- cannon (p.
	www.largescaleplanes.com /Reference/Me163B.html (949 words)

	Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet Rocket Plane 8x10 Photo - SHOP.COM
		This is a side view of a German WWII Messerschmitt ME-163 Komet rocket plane.
		The Komet was the first and only true rocket fighter ever put into operation.
		All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p28635360 (231 words)

	Wings of Fire: the Messerschmitt Me-163, reviewed by Scott Van Aken
		Rocket.Aero has become what I think is one of the premiere producers of quality and affordable DVDs on some of the more interesting subjects out there.
		This next DVD is on the Messerschmitt Me-163, probably the most unusual operational aircraft to be developed during WWII.
		It is the only operational rocket powered fighter that has ever taken to the skies, and while its impact on the war was negligible, it has indelibly etched itself into the minds of aviation enthusiasts for decades.
	modelingmadness.com /scotts/books/cds/163dvd.htm (235 words)

	The sneaky ME 162 rocket powered WWII German fighter.
		The sneaky ME 162 rocket powered WWII German fighter.
		The top secret ME-163 was built as a last chance defense mechanism for Germany's failing war effort beginning service in late 1943 as the only production rocket interceptor ever made.
		Thank you for your great response to our call for ideas of what to include in the series
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Messerschmitt-Me163/komet.php (132 words)

	Aircraft Models Maker - Brucecrafts, Inc. Your online source for all Philippine Handcrafted Collectibles Me-163 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	www.brucecrafts.com /me163-messerschmitt-p-221.html (244 words)

	Find in a Library: Rocket fighter : the story of the Messerschmitt Me 163
		Find in a Library: Rocket fighter : the story of the Messerschmitt Me 163
		Rocket fighter : the story of the Messerschmitt Me 163
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/30c94fcfb580d796.html (67 words)

	home of hans liss
		There are three great books, too: The Messerschmitt ME 163 "Komet"
		Finally, there is some text and some pictures of both the ME163 and the ME263 in a book called
		I've just found a new book: "Raketenjäger Me 163.
	hans.liss.pp.se /ME163 (248 words)

	The Virtual Aviation Museum - Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
		The Virtual Aviation Museum - Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
		[Technical Data] [Expo/Images] - [ Messerschmitt] [ Fighter 1939-1945]
		Please read the complete explanation in the impressum.
	www.luftfahrtmuseum.com /htmi/itf/me163.htm (95 words)

	ME-163 DVD from rocket.aero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Taking to the skies over Germany in the final days of World War II, the Messerschmitt ME-163 was the world's first rocket-powered fighter.
		Featuring over two hours of content, this DVD release from rocket.aero contains the following:
		* the original documentary "Wings of Fire: the Messerschmitt ME-163"
	www.rocket.aero /me163b.html (111 words)

	Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Vol.I by Mano Ziegler - Schifferbooks.com
		Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Vol.I by Mano Ziegler - Schifferbooks.com
		Very influential design was the first and only rocket fighter used in WWII.
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	www.schifferbooks.com /newschiffer/book_template.php?isbn=0887402321 (49 words)

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