Me. 163 Komet by RetroDK
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Nicknamed the flying egg by its pilots.
Comments (6)
You know what they say about Omelettes... ;-) This actually IS ROCKET SCIENCE....! I don't suppose anyone succeeded in actually catching an Me163 in the viewfinder very often. Did they have gun-cameras I wonder? Would make quite a rollercoaster ride!
Excellent work !
Nicely done once again.
I always had the impression that flying the comet was a gamble...like, it got shot up into the air by rocket power...attained and sustained stable flight precariously...tried to do it's mission in maybe one pass, and then attempted to get back on the ground in something short of a fiery ball of flame. Not for the weak kneed! Nice render!!
I had a friend who served in WWII and one day looking thru his unit scrapbook I saw a cartoon from the period of two pilots looking at each other in their twin boom aircraft... I think it was a lightening.. just as a 163 flew up between the double fuselage. This was back in the late 60s and I thought it was amusing how they looked at this strange craft.
Funny how today we can see this as comical, quirky and strange...in 1944 it must have been bloody terrifying....thanks for this, a great image..