tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post7401780411387736844..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: The Luftwaffe's Intercontinental bomberBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-59860378452200474692011-03-27T00:33:37.385-04:002011-03-27T00:33:37.385-04:00some remarkable designs were generated by the Germ...some remarkable designs were generated by the Germans during WW2.<br />fortunately for the world squaring the circle was not possible in Germany under the pressure of war.brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-48504782842159508872011-03-22T23:06:44.484-04:002011-03-22T23:06:44.484-04:00You know that the Ho 229 stealth-ish jet prototype...You know that the Ho 229 stealth-ish jet prototype, once it proved workable, was scaled up to an intercontinental bomber, the Horten H.XVIII (or Ho 18), right?<br /><br />I've heard, but don't know, that engineers say that based on the blueprints, it was probably workable.孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00042969409766681099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-53731626292447159902011-03-22T09:16:04.278-04:002011-03-22T09:16:04.278-04:00BP,
Even before the Amerika project, the Germans w...BP,<br />Even before the Amerika project, the Germans were looking at converting a passenger plane -- the Kondor -- into long range bomber use. Good thing it too never went operational. IIRC, it was relegated mostly to maritime patrol usage.<br /><br /> - BradBrad_in_ILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13252010917952350450noreply@blogger.com