steve gallacci wrote in message ...
robert arndt wrote:

http://www.germanvtol.com/a6folder/a6.html
Rob
A pretty weak connection. Also, keep in mind that the very late war
projects were largely make work and fantasy fuel for the Furher rather
than anything that could be promptly realized. In the case of a ramjet
mount on the X-15, the lower fin would have been the only place it could
have been fitted, having nothing to do with anything the Germans did.

SNIP: Every designer's scratch pad had advanced designs - still do,
for that matter. I was designing better rocketships than Buck Rogers
flew when I was in grade school before Pearl Harbor. Didn't do my
grades any good, but sure helped my day dreams. Why not cite Dr.
Sanger's designs - they were a lot more advanced than any A6,9 or 10.
And there's a lot of work and time between a pretty picture and the
first flight.
Walt BJ