Subject: Hey, Germany Invented It... Face It
From: (robert arndt)
Date: 2/18/04 7:16 AM Pacific Standard Time
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"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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"Erich Adler" wrote in message
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I see that no civil discussion can take place here despite the fact
that you "adults" claim to cherish military aviation. So why all the
fuss about German aircraft, jets or otherwise?


I was reading this seriously until you talked about that paragon of
stealthiness, the U-2. After I got through laughing I read the rest.
Great
parody. You have a talent there. Never lose your sense of humor.

Tex

Laugh this off Tex. The US captured the DFS 228 rocket recon sailplane
in 1945 and took it back home. The aircraft was designed to fly at
(wait for this)... 80,000 ft and carry two Zeiss cameras (IR types
too).
So you think the U-2 came from US sources... uh, no. The funny thing
is the DFS even had a pressurized escape pod, something the U-2
didn't.
And then of course is the German radar-absorbing paint
"Schornsteinfeger"- a carbon paint to scatter radar that was the
inspiration for US Ironball paint applied to the U-2. I agree it
wasn't that effective for that time period, but the US got the idea
from the Germans.
Germans had stealth first- a fact you cannot deny. The Go-229 flew in
Feb 1945, a hell of a long time before the B-2.
Still laughing?

Rob


I was one of the first Allied airman to see an ME 262 attacking in the air. I
am still here to tell about it, I don't think the the 262 or its pilot still
is. Laugh that off.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer