"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
(robert arndt) wrote:

http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/06/11/30172.html

Too bad they got the history wrong. The Germans had it first
during
WW2 with Baumgartl's Heliofly III:

http://www.germanvtol.com/baumgartl/baungertl.html

The Heliofly III, as actually built, wasn't a backpack helicopter,
as
evidenced by the photograph at the bottom of the same page you cite.

The Heliofly I was a backpack autogyro, which is a similar (though
very
limited) idea.

Note also that designers as far back as the 1920s had suggested
backpack
or personally-worn autogyros or powered flight rigs.

Once again, a German scientist in the 1935-1945 era who drew
something
he couldn't build...

I note that you habitualy seek to discredit in every possible way
anything of German or Russian origin.

Those "German Scientists" managed to:

Draw, build and test the first sustainable turbojet. Yes, von Ohain
did beat Whittle though von Ohain was a good sport about it in
crediting Whittle for his first use of kerosene as opposed to
hydrogen.

Draw, build and fly the worlds first gas turbine aircraft by years
ahead of any other

Draw, build and introduce the first Jet fighter.

Draw, build and introdouce in to service the worlds first helicopter.
The FA223 Drache that was capable of 105mph, could fly 400miles and
lift 500kg of bombs and depth charges and carry 4 plus a thr pilot. A
helicopter that could recover an Me109 or lift a howitzer and had an
electric winch. A thousand would have been built apart for bombing
of its factories.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/es...a_223/DI52.htm


Draw, build and introdouce the Fletner Fl 282 Kolibri (hummingbird)
intermeshing rotor helicopter which was entirely succesfull and used
in SAR and anti-submarine work. The only thing that prevented the
production run of 70 extending to 1000 was allied bombing.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/es...ettner/HE6.htm

Draw, build and introduce the worlds first cruise missile the V1.

Draw, build and introduce the worlds first hypersonic ballistic
misllile controlled by gyroscopes and accelerometers the V2

Draw, build and bench test the worlds first turbofan the Daimler Benz
011-007

Draw, build and fly tailess and swept wing aircraft.

Have in sevice a fleet of Diesel powered aircraft that could fly non
stop from Lisbon to New York.

Draw, build and fly a Jet flying wing aircfraft that consisted of a
sandwitched plywood constuction; the filling of which was a radar
absorbing graphite particle board and by many accounts had re-entrant
stuctures (Go 229)

Build Mach 5.5 cannon fired scramjets.

So quite a lot of succesfully realised drawings.





Eventualy NASA will probably pick up on Sangers sensible piggy back
ideas for an RLV instead of pussyfooting around with semi-disposables
and impracticable SSTO concepts.



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