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Heinkel He 176 cally for the purpose of testing of a 1929 decision by the Reich- by Rick Koehnen rocket power. Fritz von Opel offered swehr on the recommendations of financial support and his over- Dr. (later Gen.) Becker of the Ballis- whelming persona took over the tics and Munitions Branch. The pur- The history of rocket powered project to the degree of painting out pose was to develop an inexpen- can be divided into two Hatry's name on the tail of the air- sive weapon capable of launching categories, solid and liquid powered craft when filmed in flight. This air- what today on ICBM's is called a rockets. The solid fueled rockets craft and its entire development his- MIRV warhead. The main missile offered ease of handling and differ- tory are included in the Twelve would carry a warhead of multiple ing power requirements by just add- Squared 1/72 model #2-19 Opel solid fuel rockets to be cluster ing rocket units to the aircraft. The Hatrey RAK-1, $9.50 plus shipping. launched 3-5 miles from the target. first rocket powered air-craft was a Other names involved with rocket The second objective was to de- modified Ente glider which was fi- powered aircraft involve Lippisch velop a simple cost effective liquid- nanced by Fritz von Opel. This was (which eventually led to the fueled rocket for research. Hence followed by the well publicized Me163), Max Valier and Espenlaub rocket development became a Julius Hatry built RAK-1 utilizing (read reference #5). "black program" in Germany. The Alexander Sander built solid rock- The sudden disappearance of two shining stars in this research ets. Hatry built the RAK-1 specifi- these experiments were the result (Continued on page 4)

Page 1 TCAH Officers GENERAL MEETING MINUTES œ June 2008 President , Bob Maderich 2) Everyone, go thru that col- Bob Maderich called the lection and pull out a few kits Vice-President , Larry Donovan meeting to order at 1:15. We had for the raffle. one visitor who plans to join our Secretary , Bernie Kugel club next month. Our friend from 3) If you are sponsoring a spe- across the pond, Mikael cial award, please get your Treasurer , Steve Jantscher Kuokkanen, has returned to us for a money to Tom, so we can get few months. Welcome back. There this on the new ad. Historian , Tom Norrbohm was no treasurers report, and Axel being the only vendor this month On another note, Thanks to all gave us updates on what's new in the great forums we have had so Newsletter Info the book business. TCAH will far this year. Larry deserves a Article Submission Deadline: 22nd sponsor a trophy package for The round of applause for all his work of each month. IPMS nationals. organizing these and generally be- ing a great VP. Editor Due to only one —finished“ entry Bob Arko in the —Ground Pounders“ contest. It Also, don't forget Merrill‘s 6417 Rice Court has been extended to August. "Ground Pounders" challenge and Lino Lakes, MN 55014 we'll see you in July. 651-481-8887h Also there is a challenge to the 763-496-6742w contest. Steve Jantscher and Bob [email protected] Ferreria are building A-4 Skyhawks and are challenging other members From the Vice President Distribution Editor to join in with them for the GP by Larry Donovan Rick Schmierer contest. And Bernie Kugel has announced a contest for next 1852 E. 39 Street Ahhh, summertime! Barbecue, February. Any type of model Minneapolis, MN 55407 the great outdoors, "honey-do" lists (Aircraft, Armor, Auto, Ship) but it 612-721-8787 for the lawn and garden from my must be handpainted. Spray and [email protected]. (much much) better half, the return airbrush will only be allowed for of our state bird (the mosquito, and Primer, Gloss, and Flat coat. Send articles to: NOT the DeHavilland one either!)... Everything else must be painted by Bob Arko livin' is easy! Yet, what is this...how hand. 6417 Rice Court did this small insect imbed itself into

Lino Lakes, MN 55014 the newly painted headrest on my We have a request by a [email protected] Hasegawa Frank? I thought I had member looking for a magazine that well covered...argh! article. Aircraft Modelworld, July Send Change of address notice to: 1988, —Modeling the P-51 to Steve Jantscher I feel summer really is the Cavalier“ Contact Rick Koehnen if 20430 Texas Avenue modeler's challenge season. Let's you have this. Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 look at some of the obstacles we climb from June through September TCAH This Month (the length depending on your own personal views of global warm- From the President The monthly meeting will be held by Bob Maderich ing): high humidities do wonders Saturday July 12, at Fleming Field, for airbrushing (I just emptied the South St. Paul, beginning at 1:30 Summertime and the modelin' moisture trap a minute ago!), and pm. Vendor baiting will begin about is easy...oooh, that was bad. Any- aforesaid humidity does nothing to 12:30, so come early. way, hope everyone's summer is hasten drying time! going well. As a group, we need to start concentrating on the upcoming If, like your present writer, you Nordicon show: are modeling in, say a garage or shed-like workspace, you may be 1) Bernie will be holding some contending with our friends from the Picture your model here! Send me prep meetings till the event and insect side of the Animal King- a photo of your model, and it‘ll be we need all the volunteers we dom. These guys are curious....I'm used to fill these little white spaces can get. sure the one I mentioned above, at the ends of the columns. currently inbedded in the Frank,

Page 2 Airline Chatter using Boeing 777-200ERs starting cheap to make any money. United by Terry Love on November 7. will add first class seats, and put the Boeing 757s back into the regu- Airbus sold 6 Airbus A-350 Boeing pushed back its design- lar United fleet. 1100 jobs will be wide-body airliners to MAZ Aviation ing of a 737 replacement, saying its lost. United‘s effort to cover fuel of Saudi Arabia for $1.5 Billion. needs more time to advance and costs with fare increases and new research new technology. Real rea- baggage - checked fees, have American Airlines plans to cut son is that the 737s are selling very fallen WAY short of their revenue flights 12% in the fourth quarter, lay well, and Boeing has a very large goals. off thousands of employees, and backorder of the airliner. charge for all checked baggage. Delta Airlines is cutting domes- This is all due to jet fuel prices. Also KD Avia, a Russian low cost tic flights by 12% this fall. they are going to park MD-80 jets. airline, ordered 25 Airbus A-319s. American Airlines has around 300 Capitalism at its best!!!! Spirit Airlines will layoff 60% of MD-80s. American will drop Chi- their flight attendants, 40% of their cago to Buenos Aires, Chicago to American Airlines will begin pilots, and close its Detroit hub - all Honolulu, and Boston to San Diego. flights from Chicago to Moscow this due to high fuel prices. American sill also vastly cut back it summer. Puerto Rico flights. American Eagle Air One, a fast growing Italian will drop to only 33 flights out of the Champion Airlines ceased op- low cost carrier, ordered 12 Airbus present 55 daily flights from San erations on May 31. It was a known A-350-800s, plus 12 options, and Juan, Puerto Rico. They will move and planned event - not a surprise. 12 airbus A-330s plus 8 options. their ATR-72 turbo-props to Dallas They operated the last passen- and park all of t heir 26 SAAB-340 ger flying Boeing 727s in the U S. Hawaiian Airlines has a fleet of aircraft. One of the Boeing 727s, N697CA, 18 Boeing 767-300 aircraft on 16 was the last Boeing 727 built - daily flights to 14 destinations out- Midwest Airlines, beginning in number 1824. A few of the 16 Boe- side of Hawaii. Hawaiian Airlines September, will park all of their MD- ing 727s will go to foreign carriers, has 150 inter-island daily flights us- 80s, and operate only their 26 Boe- thought many will be permanently ing Boeing 717s - the latest version ing 717s (latest version of the DC- grounded, never to fly again. The of the Douglas DC-9. Hawaiian is 9). That is a third of their entire fleet market for a used Boeing 727 is adding four more Boeing 717s to that they will be parking.. Associ- ZERO!!! meet increased demand created by ated layoffs will then happen. the shutdown of Aloha Airlines. Ha- Airlines, in general, are benefit- waiian has hired ex-Aloha Airlines Jet Blue will defer delivery of 21 ing from the delays in the Boeing employees. Airbus A-320s scheduled for deliv- 787 Dreamliner program. With fuel ery between 2009 and 2011 due to costs so highly, most airlines are Airbus has received 470 airliner high fuel costs. parking their current airplanes. With orders by the end of May. so many of the airlines parking rela- United Airlines and US Air have tively new and maintained airliners, U S Air will lay off 1700 or 5% called off merger talks. United is the resale prices for used airliners of their employees and will cut more just too big of a mess for U S Air. are really CHEAP right now. So capacity. However, United Airlines and Conti- wealthy individuals and corpora- nental Airlines were in talks about tions are looking very close at the United Airlines say that its jet merging, but Continental Airlines al aircraft. fuel bill of 208 will over $10 Billion. so backed out because United is a basket case. But United and Conti- Delta Airlines says that more Continental Airlines will stop nental did form an marketing alli- than 40% of their flights are interna- flying to more that 40 domestic and ance. tional destinations. On June 12, international destinations from its Delta Airlines began service from hubs on September 3. Continental United Airlines is planning to Salt Lake City to Paris. will also eliminate 3000 jobs or park another 70 airliners next year. 6.5% of its work force, and retire 67 This year United plans to park 64 Air Tran Airlines put off deliver- airliners. Continental will also cut Boeing 737-300s and 30 Boeing ies of 18 Boeing 737-700s until 11% of its domestic capacity. 737-500s. They also plan to park 6 2013 and 2014. Boeing 747-400s. Northwest Airlines, this fall, will United Airlines will eliminate its reduce its capacity by 9.5%. NWA Delta Airlines will begin non- TED airline of coach-only do- will park 33 Douglas DC-9s and 14 stop service from Atlanta to Kuwait mestic service. Fares were too (Continued on page 4)

Page 3 (Continued from page 3) workspace in summer? Remem- (Continued from page 1) Boeing 757s and Airbus A-320s. ber, you can always add layers in were both young men working at NWA will be down to 61 Douglas winter; let us pass unstated the op- separate facilities. Wernher von DC-9s by Christmas time. Four tions for the opposite season. Braun formerly worked at the Re- years ago, NWA had 172 inickendorf Raketenflugplatz and Douglas DC-9s. And don't let anyone tell you then for Ballistics and Munitions at "it's the humidity not the tempera- Kummersdorf. The other was Hell- ture". Heat has a funny way of muth Walter who at the Germania- messing with your thinking proc- Werft in Kiel was working on a pro- (Continued from page 2) esses. Like forgetting to really rub pellant for a wakeless torpedo using was one of those model down the Tamiya tape masking on hydrogen peroxide. Von Braun's show judges you hear horror stories that canopy...if anyone wants an rocket used methyl alcohol and liq- about: he had his little flashlight to (mostly) OD canopy, I've got one for uid oxygen while Walter's propellant look for seams or glue spots or you! Some modelers put their used a mixture containing 80% hy- some other flaw (well at least HE "sweat, blood and tears" into their drogen peroxide (T-Stoff) which got his come-uppence!). Unde- creations...me, it's mostly when mixed with a solution of cal- terred, others of his ilk flitter around sweat. Well at least Floquil/Testors cium permanganate (Z-Stof) rapidly just to annoy this diligent modeler Plastic Prep works on this body se- decomposed leaving a trail of su- so that he has to swat at them at cretion. perheated steam. While Walter was the same time holding that teeny perfecting his rocket, von Braun tiny part in the tweezer to attach to So my readers (those that have had finished his and was looking for his model. And these critters are stayed this far!) if you have started a test bed. He mounted the rocket in some kind of "uberbug"! One would and finished kits in summertime de- an old Junker A 50 Junior fuselage. think after bug-bombing the garage, spite these and many other sundry The 30 second test of the 650 lb and with ALL the other noxious terrors, my hat is truly off to rocket showed that the Junker chemicals we modelers use, these you. Think I'll sit on the porch to- couldn't take the stress. guys would have long gone to their night and have a nice ice-tea, it's a Ernst had already eternal reward. Maybe it is be- beautiful summer evening! made up his mind to donate a fuse- cause of these chemical com- lage from a He112 fighter toward pounds they have become so fear- A couple of final notes: rocket research and was so im- some? Maybe we should amend pressed with von Braun's unit that the labels from "Warning the State 1. We are almost halfway he also sent one of his best engi- of California" (and what doesn't through the year, and I just want to neers, Walter Kunzel along with California warn us of?) to "Warning acknowledge all the guest speakers several riggers to assist. The He112 these chemicals are creating a for volunteering their time and tal- cockpit was sandwiched between master race of super insects who ent; and I am looking forward to the the liquid oxygen tank forward and will dominate the planet". speakers for the second half of the the methyl alcohol tank aft with the

year. rocket motor behind it and the com- Long periods of daylight. A bustion chamber in the very tail. Ini- problem? How? Well in October- 2. Get those production lines tial tests were done remotely at March what does it matter if we re- going: Merrill's Groundpounders Kummersdorf. The first He112 fuse- treat to our model benches at 7 PM contest will be at the August meet- lage was totally blown apart as well (or 8 or 9 PM as is your habit); it is ing, and Bernie Kugel's as a second. Finally it was felt that already dark out, you can't really "Brushpainting" challenge. tests were far enough along to war- mow the lawn (you'll run into the rant a flight test aircraft and He112 flower bed); the light in the living 3. If you are interested in help- V5 (fifth prototype) was donated to room is really not conducive to ing with Nordic Con, we need the project. painting the walls. Now comes you! We will have Nordic Con In early March, 1937, Erich May, June, July, August: stays light meetings after the main meeting for Warsitz, who was a test pilot from until 9 PM or even July and August. These Nordic Rechlin and the one who convinced later. Guilt! Should I not be cutting Con meetings are short, I don't Heinkel to put up a flight worthy air- the grass/tending the weeds/sitting think we've had one go over 30-45 craft, prepared to take off in the on the porch instead of spending an minutes in the 4 years or so I've He112 The Junker Jumo 210 en- hour working on the Heller Bloch been volunteering. gine was left in the nose and after it 174? Ok, even working on the was warmed up, Warsitz advanced Bloch is cause for enough guilt, but See you at the July meeting! the rocket levers. Instantly the air- hopefully you get the picture craft disintegrated with parts spread here. And readers, I ask you which over a large area. Miraculously is worse: an underheated work- space in winter or an undercooled (Continued on page 5)

Page 4 (Continued from page 4) In 1937 Heinkel met with both and utilize the Walter engine. The Warsitz was thrown clear and other von Braun and Warsitz concerning second He176 would be of similar than some minor scratches was a rocket powered high-performance size but would be more streamlined OK. Warsitz was bitten by the bug aircraft. Heinkel had always been and geared for speed utilizing von and pleaded with Heinkel to give fascinated with speed records and Braun's larger rocket unit. This way him another aircraft. This time a late was at that time preparing a special the first aircraft could research the B model He112 with a Daimler- version of his new He-100 to go for slow speed handling characteristics Benz DB 600 engine was modified. the speed record. (It broke 463.92 and build rocket flight experience in This time Warsitz took off under the mph 18 months later). Discussions preparation for the speedier ma- power of the recip engine and when with Walter disclosed he was within chine. level at 2,600 feet and indicating a year of offering a rocket motor The problem of pilot egress in 190 mph, he cut the engine and ig- that would weight only 220 pounds sitting in front of such a volatile nited the rocket. He was slammed and generate 1,300 pounds of powerplant proved challenging. An back into the seat and the speed thrust. von Braun was working on a ingenious arrangement was devel- jumped to 250 mph, the aircraft be- 2,000 pound thrust rocket, but was oped where the entire forward fuse- gan to climb and the speed contin- more than two years from releasing lage ahead of the wing would be ued to increase until after 30 sec- it. Heinkel felt that if the aircraft was blown off by compressed air. The onds and at 285 mph the rocket tailored around the powerplant and forward fuselage would have a quit. A liquid propellent rocket had pilot, developing the smallest air- parachute to slow it somewhat al- at last powered an aircraft by it self. craft possible, the speeds he was lowing the pilot to get out of the A second flight was made, after just might be attainable with cockpit on the way down and use again with partial fuel, followed by a the Walter powerplant. His goal was his personal chute. Several dum- third, the first with full tanks. After to break 1,000 kph. The project was mies of Warsitz were built and the the third rocket test, while coming in overseen by Heinkel's Technical system was tested from a Neill be- to land, the aircraft suddenly nosed Director and Chief of Development, tween 20-30,000 feet. As long as the over and crash landed gear up in Heinrich Hertel. Walter, along with nose separated, the pilots chances scrub next to the field. Waritz Heinkel's talented designer, Sieg- of survival were acceptable. This thought the air-craft was on fire as fried Gunter, worked up an aircraft second aircraft would have a fully the cockpit filled with smoke. He felt barely 17' by 17'. Using a 6' 1" pilot enclosed cockpit with a glass nose he was to low to bail out and opted they envisioned a near circular to keep the pilot fully protected yet to belly in. When he shut down the cross-sectioned fuselage only 28" in a semi-recumbent position. The rocket, the flames tongue had been wide and 3' deep. A clean cantilever would be tail dragger drawn into the tail of the aircraft wing would be mounted behind the with a fixed tail skid but with the scorching the interior. It was smoke cockpit mid way up the fuselage. main gear being retracted straight from this that had filled the cockpit. The pilot would have to be semi- up on either side of the fuel tank. On a separate occasion Air Ministry recumbent with his knees and Heinkel was required to keep technicians observed Warsitz take shoulders being at the same height. the Air Ministry Research Depart- off under the dual power of both The stick would be between his ment up to date on his progress. Dr. powerplants. Very impressed with knees and the pedals in the Lorenze of this department, unlike the climb angle and performance nose. His head would barely pro- many others, saw a great future in they felt the future of rockets were trude from the cockpit opening but rocket interceptors but felt that in auxiliary power units for large air- would be shielded by a small wind- Heinkel's design was to small and craft. By the end of June Warsitz screen. The 16' 5" wing only gave to generic. He felt only a radical had made the first complete flight 58.12 sq. feet of lifting surface. The new design could be successful. using only the rocket. petite aircraft would have fixed can- Lorenz approached Dr. Lippisch While it launched the first liquid tilever tricycle gear with a track of who had designed the original rocket powered aircraft, von Braun's only 28". With the for-ward position rocket powered Ente if he could rockets would be more famous for of the aircraft and light weight of the come up with something based on putting V2's into downtown London rocket unit, a tail skid was added so his tailless Delta IV to use rocket and men on the moon. Meanwhile the aircraft could rest in a tail low power. The project would be simply Walter 's unit was appearing to be three point attitude until the pilot got referred to as "Project X". The more adaptable to aircraft use. It in, then it would rest in a level three Deutsches Forschungsingstitut fur was simpler, more reliable, and did- point attitude. Segelflug (DFS or German Re- n't use hard to get liquid oxygen. He It was decided from the start search Institute for Gliding Flight) also was well along in developing a that it would be best to build two had continued work on the Delta IV. pump to handle the T-Stoff rather aircraft, designated He176. Both While they were experienced with than using compressed air, which would be private ventures financed wood working, the metal work was would enable an increase in thrust solely by Heinkel. The first aircraft to be sub-contracted to Heinkel. potential. would be used for preliminary work (Continued on page 6)

Page 5 (Continued from page 5) do the trick but even then there Warsitz which was shaky at best, he With continual security harassment, wasn't enough runway to guarantee accelerated the He176 rapidly down and problems dealing with Heinkel a safe aborted take off. Simultane- the runway and rotated directly in- over the fuselage, Lippisch, along ously work began on extending the front of the viewers. He rocketed with his DFS.194 test bed, decided runway and on building a new wing steeply up to 2,500 feet, tightly cir- to leave DFS. At the end of 1938 back at Marienehe. The new wing cled the field under full power and Lippisch came to an agreement arrived at Peenemunde in the then he cut the t throttle. Gliding with Willy and on the spring of 1939 and after ground fast back toward the runway, just first of the year his DFS.194 and runs the first flight of the He176 prior to touchdown, he relit the twelve co-workers took up resi- took place on 20 June, 1939. It rocket and made a half circuit under dence at the Messerschmitt plant at staggered into the air for an ex- full power til he ran out of fuel, then Augsburg. The rest of the Me163 tended 50 second flight that barely glided down to a soft landing. Hitler Komet story is well documented exceeded 170 mph. Word of the complimented Heinkel on the spec- The unassembled and untested flight soon reached the RLM and tacular demonstration of the He176. first He176 was trans-ported to a soon Goring's deputy, Erhard Milch, When Goring asked Warsitz what brand new test facility at desolate and the Chief of Aircraft he thought of the air-craft, he re- Peenemunde where von Braun and Procurement, Ernst Udet and ar- plied he didn't think there would be all rocket research had moved to. rived for the second flight. Neither many aircraft with propellers in a There it was felt that Warsitz should of these experienced pilots had pre- few years. Goring's condescending get the feel of the handling qualities viously expressed any interest in voice replied, "Warsitz, you are of the He176 prior to the rocket rocket propelled aircraft. The size some-thing of an optimist. " tests. They attempted to tow the immediately turned them off, Udet Three days later von Braun aircraft behind Heinkel's 7.6 litre questioned Warsitz; "You want to fly submitted a proposal for a 'High- Mercedes down the smooth beach. with that? It has no wings performance Reaction-propelled These were unsuccessful due to those Aircraft". With the successful ex- the Mercedes getting bogged down are running boards!" After a pro- perience with his A3 rocket, von in the sand. tracted takeoff, Warsitz flew once Braun proposed a 11,145 pound The new Walter engine, HWK R around the field, cut the rocket interceptor powered by a 22,000 I-203 had a pump for the T-Stoff power and in a steep gliding ap- pound thrust rocket launched off and was to provide 1,320 pounds proach touched down at high two 20 foot vertical guide rails. It thrust. It was also temperamental speed. Udet was upset, considering would fly on a 3-axis gyro autopilot and already destroyed an entire the demonstration and design irra- until it reached 26,250 feet in 53 building, more than once. The Z- tional and a dangerous stunt lack- seconds at which time the pilot Stoff tended to clog the jets and ing any practical application. He would take over manually and with too little catalyst, the pressure then forbade any further flight of the switch to a 1,600 pound thrust aux- and thrust fluctuated considerably. aircraft. Warsitz argued for further iliary rocket chamber which would Rocket motors had no means of tests, but Udet was firm. Finally af- provide a maximum speed of 447 controlling thrust at this stage of ter personally traveling to Berlin, mph. After burn out the pilot would their development. It was all or noth- Heinkel was able to get Udet to lift glide back and land on retractable ing at all, reminiscent of the rotary his ban. Flight tests had just re- skids. The Air Ministry's Technical engines of WWI. It was proposed sumed when they were suspended Department thought the proposal that Warsitz first flights be by using again by Berlin with the stipulation far fetched and ironically passed it to repetitive short bursts of power to that the aircraft must be at Rechlin the most experienced rocket group build up speed to allow more con- experimental center on 3 July for a for their opinion, Heinkel. Heinkel's trol over the aircraft. The first flight "special demonstration". Puzzled by Development Director, Dr. Motzfeld, nearly was disastrous. The He176 the order, Heinkel pressed Udet for was unenthusiastic, pointing out shot forward like a bullet and with more information, hoping for a only the negatives. The proposal the 28" wide landing gear began to change of attitude and perhaps the was discarded although the idea snake wildly. Warsitz cut the power. support he long had hoped for. was picked up and modified by Eventually initial control was solved Heinkel was shattered. He later re- Erich Bachem which resulted in the but a more serious and embarrass- lated Udet said, 'The Fuhrer must be Natter. ing problem arose. The He176 shown something new, and I sud- The Air Ministry withheld per- wouldn't take off. denly remembered your comical mission for Heinkel to finish work on bird! If it can get around the airfield the second He176 and the first It was obvious to all that the that will be good enough." model was shipped to the Air Mu- wings (identical on both aircraft) The assembly at Rechlin in- seum in Berlin and displayed as a were too small for the available cluded Hitler, Goring, Milch, Udet, tongue in cheek example of aircraft thrust to get airborne. A new wing Jeschonnek, von Keitel and Jodl. development. Unfortunately the with a different airfoil section might Unlike the first demonstration by (Continued on page 7)

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(Continued from page 6) Ballantine Books. era. He176 gets 1/2 page (9x11), RAF destroyed it in a bombing raid. 3-view, text, two sketches. Hence at the end of the war the 1. A fascinating book covering only documents to be found were 197 project titles of WWII German 5. Excellent 160 page history of the completed drawings of the sec- jet and rocket aircraft. Most only get rocket fighter development begin- ond unbuilt aircraft. For years this a paragraph and line sketch. Op- ning with the RAK-1 glider (Twelve has been erroneously depicted as erational types (Me262) several Squared #2-19 $9.50) through the the He176. pages (8x11). He176 gets one SR-53 with WWII ending on page When war broke out the lead- page, history specs and artist 150. One of the Ballantine Books ers felt they could win in a few sketch of both types. Illustrated History of World War II, months with weapons on hand. The 2. Excellent book on all Ger- Weapons (Blue spine) #20. Medium Me163 program was barely alive man jet and rockets types to make sized (5x8) paperback sold for $1 and headed the way of the He176. hardware stage and many of the can be found in used book stores One must believe that the early major paper projects being worked for $5. Numerous photos and demonstrations of the He176 and on at the end of the war (ie. Ta 183, 3views of German, American, Japa- later the DFS194 and Me163a kept Ta 283, P13 etc), 10 pages (7x10) nese and Russian war project. the idea alive and the door cracked in color, numerous excellent line What's' invaluable is Green's narra- for the eventual development of the drawings, many photos and con- tion of the people and events that first operational rocket fighter the struction breakdown illustrations. developed these projects. History Me163. Still available from Model Art Co., portion of this instruction was drawn NOTE: There are NO photos in Ltd, Iidabashi 2-chome, Chiyodaku, primarily from this work. existence of the He176. Most refer- Tokyo 102 Japan. Ask for a listing ences refer only to the second of available titles and mention SPECIFICATIONS: streamlined version which never Twelve Squared. was built, but give the credit of the 3. First in a series of company Span 16' 5" first type. Text #5 is the only one histories that included Messer- Length 17' 1" that gives anything other than a schmitt. Junkers, Boeing, Avro, Wing area 58.13 sq ft side view of the first version. Hawker, and Bristol. Each pro- Weight 1,720 lbs (empty) duced type gets photo, text and Weight 3,572 (max-loaded) REFERENCES: spec coverage. He176 gets one Range 68 miles page (7x9), artists drawing. Max speed 466 mph 1. German Jet Genesis, David (second a/c ?) Powerplant 1 - 1,323 Masters, 1982, Janes. 4. Excellent reference with 1/2 lb thrust Walter HWK-R1 203 2. German Jets, Model Art to 2 pages on every jet or rocket rocket. #348, 1990, Model Art (Japan). powered aircraft up to 1955. His- 3. Heinkel, An Aircraft Album, tory, three view and at least 2 pho- Turner, 1970, Arco. tos or drawings of each type. Jet 4. Jet Aircraft of the World, helicopters and engine testbeds (ie. Green & Cross, 1955, McDonald. B17 with turbo-prop in nose) are all 5. Rocket Fighter, Green, 1971, covered. Great book if this is your

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The Aero Historian is published montly by the Twin City Aero Historians, Inc., a joint chapter of the American Aviation Historical Society and International Plastic Modelsers Society/USA, for members and readers as part of their annual dues or fees.

The group is open to aviation enthusiasts from teenagers on up who are interested in aviation modeling, photography, collecting, art and writing. For more information contact Ken Hornby at 651-552-0888

The Twin Cities Aero Historians (TCAH) meet the second Saturday of every month at 1:30pm.

See above for the new meeting locations and directions.

Mail Newsletter material and address changes to the treasurer.

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