Rob Arndt wrote:
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More proof of a German connection?
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.co...er/gal4963.htm

That is pretty original and funny... yet historically and factually,
Dr. Lippisch is firmly established postwar with Convair and their
designs.

Thanks for the humor though... impressive!

Rob

Besides Lippisch, the real pioneer of delta craft (not counting German
gliders) was Roland Payen. He had a multitude of delta designs that
even surpassed Lippisch in terms of futuristic configurations and the
Nazis captured his unflown Pa-22 in France:

http://www.strange-mecha.com/aircraft/Ente/pa22.JPG

This was originally to be a ramjet fighter powered by the Melot ramjet,
but that engine failed so Payen just used a prop one instead.

The funny story here is that no one told the Luftwaffe pilot taking the
a/c that it had never been flown. He waved them aside with arrogance
and just just flew it back to Germany where it was at Rechlin for a
time before it was to be returned back to France. The Allies bombed its
storage area and so Payen lost the a/c...

I don't think it had any influence on the Lippisch P.XIII fighters, nor
the DM-1 design.

It is, however, one of hundreds of delta designs Payen had concieved
and yet he is historically all but forgotten compared to Lippisch. Sad,
but true.

Rob