Project Natter: Germany's Last Hope to Win WWII - Full Historical Documentary

there 20th of april 1945 a swath of bombers  is approaching southern germany   the marmara's mission objectives are industrial  and production facilities in the munich area fortunately this attack is pure fiction  however a fiction which almost became reality 1944 the vermont is in retreat on all fronts the  war has also reached the frontiers of the homeland   bombers of the british raf bomber command and of  the united states strategic air forces in europe   penetrate into the german reich's airspace day  to day the glory of the german luftwaffe fades   the battle for the homeland is forcing the  luftwaffe to extremes he attacked the enemy   without regard to losses this is the luftwaffe's  order the eighth u.s aaf itself loses more than   10 000 airplanes over europe but due to the  industrial capacity and human resources of the   allies they are able to compensate for their  losses relatively quickly the german reich is   not able to keep up to this material competition  for very long little by little the ranks of the   fighter races are thinning for the most part  freshmen are thrown into combat over hastily   and thus for very many young pilots their first  mission at the same time becomes their last   while the sovereignty of the airspace passes over  to the allies more and more the germans begin   to search for new and unconventional solutions  guided missiles and so-called expendable fighters   which are cheap in production are meant  to bring about a turning point in the war   warner von braun one of the most adept engineers  in the field of rocket science is developing a   missile by the code name waterfall by means of  this rocket the high-flying bombers of the allies   are to be antagonized effectively in effect  the testing of the first prototypes at the   research center in panamanda is quite a success  but there remains problems to control the missile   when it is out of sight out of the premise of  an automatic anti-aircraft missile the idea of   a semi-automatic manned rocket is now brought to  see the light of day in this stage of development   there happens to be an exchange of ideas with  an until then rather nondescript developer in   the german program for aviation armaments his name  is eric buckham being a native of the town mulheim   on the roar he is already an enthusiastic pilot  of glider planes during his years of study he   receives an apprenticeship as a master craftsman  in the design and construction of aircrafts and   advances to be the director of the developmental  department at the fiesler aircraft manufacturer   yet before the war he designs projects  there which are far ahead of their time   in 1942 he establishes the baccamwork  gmbh in the schwaben town waltze   by means of his expert knowledge in the  manufacturing of wooden aircraft parts   he is now acting as a component supplier  for the german aviation industry   just like warner von braun eric bakken is also  dreaming about the manned flight into space   which is not so far away anymore but now at this  time there is war and weapons have to be produced when in the summer of 1944 a densely consolidated  swarm of allied bombers passed through unopposed   by the german air raid defense and was then flying  over bakum's main production facility the engineer   comes to an ingenious idea by means of a raqqa  propelled interceptor the fighter defense shall be   broken through at lightning speed in order to hit  the formations of bombers devastatingly in just   a few weeks the engineer succeeds in designing  a pre-investment study of an interceptor plane   he calls this design barack which is a token for  manned rocket in german for relaxation buckham   reached shakespeare for education does not know  the ideological limits of a worldview in a text   passage of judah caesar he reads it's the warm day  that begets the knotter henceforth the project has   had a name heinrich himmler the reich's fuhrer  ss regards the nadder as a suitable weapon for   his very own personal purposes because the armed  formations of the ss and the so-called waffen-ss   do not have their own air forces at their command  himmler dreams of a distinct air force for the ss   namely flieger ss the project is taken into the  so-called emergency fighter program by the token   8-349 on the 18th of september in 1944 the  official notice of award reaches eric buckham group infurer hans kammler is entrusted with  the deployment of a development and construction   commando for the knotter by means of his talent  in organizational models of previous projects such   as the middle baldora a subsurface construction  facility for the v2 rocket kamler is regarded as   the perfect technocrat for this project eric  bakken is not a convinced national socialist   like every other german industrialist he  is obliged to become a member of the nsdap   to be allowed to perform his business  because his company does not possess   enough personnel the engineer has no  other choice than to arrange himself   but not at all costs an offer on the part of the  ss to deploy personnel from concentration camps   is categorically refused by him with malnourished  and unqualified personnel he won't be able to work   productively particularly for the natter  the special command 600n is established   which is a group of construction specialists that  is made up of engineers who have been slightly   wounded in combat from the ranks of the ss by  means of this additional personnel oberstrum   fiore heinz flesner supports the bakum crew in  valdezi eric bockham defines the interpretation of   the project as far as possible a staff consisting  of almost 80 engineers supports him in the process   at this juncture henry franz beth bader manages  to achieve an exceptional career the talented   engineer advances to the position of chief  designer and leader of the project even though   beth theater is a dutch citizen a curiosity  in a top secret project of the third reich   bockham develops the knotter according to  strict criteria smallest possible dimensions   takeoff and landing without airfield rapid  climb flight as well as easy operation for   mass deployment on condition of the most  minimal expenditure possible in manufacturing   but such a radical project puts the  engineers before massive problems   a flight position in recumbency or while kneeling  fails due to the rapid fatigue of the pilot   indeed rope start tests using a cable system are  generally possible but what to do with the exhaust   gases the liquid propellant engine which is  used with the messerschmitt 163 interceptor   is not sufficient for vertical takeoff and thus  an auxiliary power engine is required because   extreme speeds of more than 200 meters per second  are expected an automatic control as well as the   three-dimensional gyroscopic compass become  necessary however these components have yet   to be developed because the deployable radius at  surface ceiling only amounts to five miles buckham   creates specifically for the nod or developed  operation concept to use it as a so-called   object schutzjager an interceptor designed to  protect important industrial centers raider units   which locate and monitor the enemy formation are  responsible for the picking up of the bomber group   after an air raid warning is triggered the  pilots be take themselves to the missile re   and prepare for takeoff the knotter missile  is then arranged towards the bomber command's   entry lane by ground personnel and  launched upon the bombers flying over   with a maximum climb rate of 220 meters per  second 10 times faster than any allied fighter   the pilot shoots into the sky for comparison a  modern f-16 reaches almost 250 meters per second   merely 60 seconds of flight time are necessary  to reach the bomber formations in the process the   bomber group changes of course are transmitted  to the notter's automatic control system by a   ground control station and the knotter is thereby  automatically readjusted without the pilot's help   once on height the pilot deactivates the nodder's  onboard automatic control and begins to manually   approach the target due to the excessive speed  of the knotter the attack on the bombers is   preferably taking place from behind them in  range of 500 meters fire is opened on the target   after firing the fighter eludes the enemy  defense through nose diving and is heading   for the direction of the drop zone after about  two minutes and 30 seconds the fuel is consumed   and the missile switches over to gliding  flight because a landing is not intended   the pilot initiates rescue proceedings at  about 3000 meters altitude the rescue of the   pilot is an important element of the concept  because the knotter is not a suicide machine   however due to the high speed and the narrow  cockpit a conventional exit can hardly be imagined   at first one tries to reduce the speed during a  nosedive to 280 kilometers per hour with the help   of stubby wings to initiate his ejection the pilot  releases the bow section from the rest of the   fuselage at the same time the recovery parachute  in the tail is activated the expulsion occurs in   reef condition in order not to abruptly transmit  braking forces to the pilot and the airframe   by means of a novel parachute made of  straps which merely consist of length   and crosswise assembled straps enough pent-up  air can pass off without reducing the braking   efficiency too much after having unfastened  himself the pilot is held inside the airplane   due to the prevailing dynamic pressure only  after the parachute is completely unreefed   and the airframe goes into vertical position the  pilot is able to come clear from the aircraft   jet engine and pilot thus become available for  further missions regarding the armament one   considers the use of two conventional cannons  of the type mk108 the thirty millimeter cannon   which is developed by reinmetal borzig proves to  be very effective in combat against heavy bombers   but the expenditure in manufacturing is too  high for a lost device in the airplane's bow   the special equipment device sg119 which  is a tubular battery consisting of 32   barrels of the mk108 whose projectiles are  comparable with the principle of a shotgun   proves also to be problematic even while the  development of the nata runs at full speed   the leadership in berlin is making ambitious plans  by means of the testing plan operation munich   the numbers of prototypes for air towing  gliding and unmanned vertical start tests   are limited to a number of 25 a risky business at  newburgh under donald the dfs the german research   institute of gliding flight conducts the  first gliding flight tests in november of 1944   the non-propelled prototypes are air towed by an  airplane to test heights for the purpose and then   experimented with one intends to gain insights  about flight characteristics and about limits and   functionality of the complex prefabricated parts  before the actual taking place of vertical starts   the great potential of the small natter is  immediately recognized during free flight   test pilot zubit reaches a velocity of 370 miles  per hour in spite of the small stubby wings with   flight characteristics that are similar to that  of a glider as a testing ground for vertical start   experiments the military training area hoiberg at  staten am colton macht in wurttemberg is selected   the choice is ideal the 5000 hectare area is  merely 30 miles away from the walled sea the test   command n led by luftwaffe captain berninger is  deployed there at the hoiberg a somewhat isolated   area by the name of oxenkoff is to be found  here the actual test ground comes into existence a simple steel framework of approximately 75 feet   is assembled on a concrete platform the  slideway which was officially developed   by the urslinger machine factory under  the name of big experimental mounting   is bedded centrally on a rotating assembly  and fully traversable to pull the natter by   means of a mounting crane to the desired starting  height a tilting by 70 degrees becomes necessary the ss monitors every working stage and  seals the natter off from the outside world   everyone involved is ordered to strict   secrecy violators are threatened with  court martial and death by shooting by the end of november 1944 the official  project description of the knotter appears   all relevant specifications for the industrial  manufacturing process are taken from there   the manned missile is manufactured mostly  of plywood preferably pine or common spruce   the fuselage is made up of 19 frames which are  covered by two to three millimeter thick plywood   for aircraft manufacturing the wooden  parts are made simply to such an extent   that every furniture factory in  the reich is able to produce them the individual parts are merely fixed by urea  resin glue and by nailing the construction   effort for an author thus amounts merely  to one fiftieth compared to a conventional   fighter airplane the aluminium to the  subscription monkey because at the time   aluminum was scarce goods it was decided  to resort to the more common material this is an original rib of the netter which  is made out of nine layers of five millimeter   thick pine wood firmly glued together pine is  very light and has the required flexibility   to optimally absorb the power  generated during the rocket launch the liquid propellant engine 109-509 which was developed by the helmut  wather company serves as a cruise engine   with its 4000 horsepower its small dimensions and  a weight of only 170 kilograms it is virtually   made for the application in the nodder the  propulsion utilizes two propellants an oxidizer   and a fuel by the german code names of t stuff  and c staff t stuff is an 80 solution of hydrogen   peroxide while sea stuff is a combination of  methanol hydrazine hydrate water and catalyst 431   together they form a hypergolic mixture  of more than 140 gallons inside the natter booster rockets type sg35 from schmidting factory  are used as accessory drive for takeoff and   unfold a push each with 1200 horsepower for  the duration of 12 seconds combustion time   the success of breaking up bomber formations  by means of unguided air-to-air missiles   lead to a radical rethinking of the natter's  armament the eberspacher company in esslingenkert   is instructed with the engineering of a  honeycomb launching frame made of sectional steel   for manufacturing these six edged honeycombs  made of steel sheet are extremely low priced   and low weight for the housing of rocket  ammunition the rz-73 rocket codenamed chinook   is chosen as a feasible weapon the spin stabilized  missile contains enough explosive substance to   ensure the shooting down of a bomber by  means of one or two hits at the target quite early it is considered to decentralize  production to multiple locations   at the same time eric bakkum remembers his  former classmate wolf hearth who manufactures   wooden tail units and aerofoils for messerschmitt  in the village neborn near the town kirkheim tech in october 1945 i passed the exam to officially  build aircrafts in november wolf hearth came to   me and told me that i had been picked to join the  test group selected to build the secret aircraft   called natter no one knew what it was only that  it was crucial to the war effort and very urgent   on december the 22nd in 1944 it is finally done  the prototype m16 is tested by vertical start   because various tests of individual components are  yet to take place vertical starts are performed   unmanned for the time being and only by the use  of the accessory booster rockets eric bockham   and franz bethbetter arrive at the oxencough to  have their own impression of the testing procedure a fascinating view unfolds to them   the rocket-like projectile  appears to be almost utopian   and is reminiscent of the early  movies about the conquest of space by means of a remote camera the first successful  vertical start is documented in an image sequence   as intended the disassembly of the fuselage  cell occurs at the height of 9000 feet the attendees congratulate themselves rife  with pride to have reached something new and   special in the history of aviation the  next year is expected with confidence   but the year of 1945 begins with a catastrophe  in the early mornings of january the 1st in 1945   several fighter squadrons and dive bomber wings  of the luftwaffe perform a keen attack on allied   airfields alongside the western front the  so-called operation bodenplot proves to be   an enormous surprise for the allies almost  500 airplanes on ground and in the air are   either destroyed or damaged but the mission has  far more serious consequences for the luftwaffe   in this way the german squadrons lose  184 airplanes through friendly fire   on their return flight two-thirds of the  total german casualties during this mission the luftwaffe is never to recover from the  loss of more than 200 experienced aviators   and formation leaders on a single day  meanwhile the experiments at hoiberg continue   there setbacks are to be coped with too  the automatic triggering of the recovery   parachute and of the accessory booster rockets  for takeoff assistance do not work faultlessly   and cause irreparable damages or  destruction on the wooden fuselages   nevertheless it is possible to increasingly  achieve better safety in the handling of the   missile in light of the devastating war situation  the leadership is pressing for a deployment under   combat conditions as fast as possible with 10  machines the military intervention is supposed   to happen in the area of stuttgart on march the  20th 1945. as in the month the crocuses blossom   the undertaking is called after the name of this  iridacia without further ado as place of action an   inconspicuous piece of wood next to kirkheim tech  near the audubon stuttgart munich has been chosen   the choice is not random on the target approach  to south germany the autobahn is an important   means of navigation for the allied pilots as the  factory wolfhert now produces deployable exemplars   the decision to choose deployment near the  production site is apparent in the beginning of   1945 the building company most gets the border of  producing concrete fundaments in the forest area   hassan hulse firstly a new starting mount is  installed for the so-called zunstagen la fete   the concrete platform possesses a notch in  the middle for the approximately 45 feet long   trunk with guideline rails this way a facility  comes up consisting of three launching ramps   which nearly form an equilateral triangle having  an edge length of 360 feet in the intersection   of the array the natters deployment is  to be conducted by a mobile headquarters the more and more noticeable lack of fuel  forces the mass of the german luffa to remain   on the ground doing nothing whole squadrons  become disbanded or rearranged when the front   closes flying personnel being and retaining are  re-skilled to infantrymen without further ado   a somewhat inglorious ending  for the hawks of the air   on an air base in northern germany a small group  of chosen ones is destined to something higher uh captain carl's squadron commander has received  a secret order the selection of volunteers   for scheduled tests of the notter under combat  conditions after instruction of the pilots for   operation crocus took place in the rlm the third  reich's ministry of aviation the officer and the   eight pilots get on their way to south germany  where they are to be trained for the task to come when on the 25th of february 1945 the combination  of liquid repellent engine and booster rockets   successfully tested in a vertical  start the regime's decision is firm   manned launches to be executed immediately a  pilot is already found his name is lothar sieber   being only 22 years old he yet has had an  adventurous life of an aviator by that time   in 1940 sieber who is from dresden starts his  apprenticeship as an airman with the luftwaffe   soon it is plain to see he possesses  extraordinary skills of piloting aircrafts   for the young pilot a glorious career  seems to be in the cards however   dark shadows are harbingers of perdition  having dismissed a comrade sieber oversleeps   his guarding shift and is sentenced by  court martial in the spring of 1943. the demotion to a simple air man is  a heavy burden on the skilled pilot   thanks to his special flying skills sieber finds  his way to a special unit of the luftwaffe and fly   special missions using machines of prey to support  agents and sabotage troops behind enemy lines   his abilities and his courage respectfully  yield him the nickname aviator of death with the battle squadron he selflessly frees 23  trapped comrades putting his own life at stake   for his achievement he receives the iron cross as a test pilot seabrook gets  to waltzy in december 1944.   he familiarizes with the natara's technical  details and is confident concerning a man test   even when the prototype m33 gets destroyed by  an explosion of a booster rocket before his eyes   he is positive about being able to fly it   the ss submits sieber the offer of promoting  him back to officer under the condition of a   successful start his fiancee gertrude noddit tries  to talk him out of all that even eric bockham   makes reservations yet lothar sieber volunteers  in the evening before the start he makes a will thursday march 1st 1945 denslow stratus is over  the opsin cuff the prototype m23 is prepared for   the world's first manned rocket launch therefore  it is equipped with the necessary flight and   measuring instruments but the gyrocompass is  still missing a fatal mistake as it will prove with eric bakken lother sieber once  again goes through the starting procedure   the constructor gives some advice to  the young pilot until it is finally tied foreign sieber goes to the starting platform he enters  the iron stairs and moves hand over hand into the   narrow cockpit of the 2.5 tons heavy machine when  the hub closes over him there is no going back   sieber prepares for launch at about 17  45 hour history is written on the hoiberg sieber activates the walther  engine and starts it up the ground crew ignites the booster  rockets and in a cloud of fire and   dust the almost 7000 horsepower pushed  the machine out of its starting ramp   constantly gaining altitude  sieber soars into the sky   booster rockets disengage and reel back to earth  the machine turns into a slight supine position   suddenly something breaks free from the hull the  cabin hatch has been lost the ground personnel   is horrified lother sieber turns the m23  in its normal position with a half turn   the knotter ascends further to disappear  in the clouds in an altitude of 4 500 feet   only the engine's boom is left to be heard few  moments later the natter reappears remotely   the missile plummets out of the clouds and  shatters in a crash near the edge of a forest lother siebert's last flight only took 55 seconds we were boys then just playing a game of soccer  when we heard a startling loud bang in the sky looking up we saw lother sieber's  machine flying over newsplanin   at a supersonic speed headed  towards har hof where it crashed you can still see the scars on the old  trees which were much smaller back then when we got to the crash site  we discovered a giant crater   the diameter was over 10 meters and  the depth about 2 meters on 5 meters it was not possible to identify  anything of the machine itself   only a few miniature glowing pieces of iron the death register states as a cause  of death heart and breath paralysis   exodus by combination well crashing on march  3rd there is a funeral in which the few   leftovers are buried in his funeral speech captain  berninger honors the achievements of sieber especially eric bockham is  concerned by sieber's demise   for the rest of his life he will blame  himself for the death of the young pilot the ss has an exact idea what happened on this  flight a delay in timing regarding revision of   construction is unbearable due to war situation  in an official letter berlin is told the accident   was just because of flawed ceiling of the  cover but is this really the true reason   the answer will be learned only 50 years later   the pilots under command of captain carls are  told nothing about the unsuccessful flight   for them the training goes on in particular  they concentrate on parachute jumps   as they were all proven pilots volplanes with  a few prototypes renounced and they are merely   theoretically instructed in the flight and  mission specific features of this concept   soon they are to receive their last movement order meanwhile at the production site one works  furvishly to meet the date of deployment   the deadline for operation crocus cannot be  met anymore so it is postponed to the 20th of   april 1945 the fuhrer's birthday according to the  season it is named to ascension additionally the   shipment of material is sensitively impaired by  the systematic destruction of railway from the air   for more and more work now women are installed  as their men get their draft to the front   for safety reasons it is  mostly only produced at night what the bombers spare the hedgehopper satirized vehicles horse and cart even single  bikers are shot at by the fighter bombers to test functionality of the weapons  array on the 2nd of april 1945   the last big chapter of vertical  start experiments takes place proving of the m52 the first combat unit is  executed with complete weaponry consisting of 24   phone rockets however unmanned merely  a leather puppet takes the pilot's seat after start the weapons are  triggered automatically by a timer   all the other procedures go as planned  the production version seems ready in the early days of april 1945 captain carl's  receives the order to transfer to stuttgart   with a small crew he takes quarters in holzman the  starting platforms are in the immediate proximity regarding the troops order they do  not tell the inhabitants anything eagerly the aircraft's arrival is awaited oh while the officer is tortured by uncertainty  the doughboys enjoy the silence before the storm   one keeps fit with sports and  enjoys the tepid spring weather but things turn out differently in the  south of germany american and french forces   unstoppably fight their way to the outer  regions of stuttgart parts of the seventh   u.s army closed the ring around this  important industrial center near kirkheim on april 20th captain carls has to make the  hard decision to abscond with his troops   until last they wait for the assigned machines the planned military intervention was thereby  thwarted the natter's end seems to have come   the starting facility and wolfhearth factory  are under control of americans the proving   of oxencough is ceased on april 24th waltzi  is seized by forces of the first french army   meanwhile the small group with a handful of combat  units under the command of overstrewn fuhrer   flesner and france beth bader is underway to  austria one wants to continue the war in the   so-called alpine festoon a propaganda fortress and  national readout of the nazis the goal is finally   reached when the convoy arrived at the pitts  valley in austria there a new production site   for the notter is supposed to be built but the  allies prevent these plans from becoming reality with the americans approaching the detachment  decides not to destroy the precious cargo so on a meadow in saint leohard u.s troops loot  four almost finished patterns of the mission   yet the developers fought for the project's  existence hans baer a manufacturer of cigret   paper submits an unusual offer to the americans  resumption of the natter production this is not   about thwarting the inevitable collapse of the  third reich but about the actual will of every   technocrat to complete his project successfully  hence cameler escapes the allies in his own way   in a piece of woodlands near  prague he commits suicide heinrich himmler is to follow suit later thus  the race for the natters series maturely ends   truly to the bitter end the staff of eric bockham  works on establishing the natter for an efficient   mission concept with the help of a rocket steering  paddle near the engine beam stability problems   can be controlled during start as merely a lower  limit of 30 feet is necessary for a vertical start   the idea of a mobile launching ramp is  taken up this method not only would have   made preparations for start easier but also the  natter self-sustaining deployable from any place   as the allies are eager to use german  war technology for their own interest   after the war ends looted  technology is mutually exchanged   the soviets are offered an intact matter for  documents of other experimental aircrafts   another prototype goes to the royal aircraft  establishment in farnborough england the   americans are ordered to relocate one seized plane  to the usa for experimental studies this way the   remaining natter exemplars get to the foreign  aircraft evaluation center on freeman field in   indiana every prototype receives a prey signature  number one formerly m-58 is exhibited to public   and high-ranking military men at diverse events  to become more impressive the natter subsequently   is furnished with a swastika painted on it in july  1946 on the edward air force base a vertical start   is executed with the former m25 but the american  remote control fails causing the machine to crash   hence number one gets to the national air and  space museum in harrell maryland there it is   stored until further notice today the remaining  looted machines whereabouts cannot be clarified   thus out of approximately 40 produced natter  pieces this is the only well-preserved original   pattern german engineers are very demanded by  victoria's powers when it comes to high technology   werner von braun is able to continue his career  as representative director of nasa in the united   states eric bakken on the other side has  his own plans in 1946 in waltzi he founds   the business called iriba an engineering  office for applied technology he develops   furniture child's push chairs and even tenements  when with the beginning of the berlin blockage   tensions between east and west become visible  he goes to south america with his family and   devotes himself to the production of guitars and  fiddles in the year 1952 he returns to germany and   builds trailers in cooperation with the company  heimer trailer the therein used nutrient is wood the knotter is passed only in lectures   at air and space travel conventions he  talks once again about his former project eric bakken dies on the 25th of march  in the year 1960 of a kidney disease   aged just 53 years in mulhein ontario as after the war germany lacks of everything  available war material is dismantled and used   otherwise residuals of the natter production  too frames are sold and processed further   the allegedly at waltzing town lake sunk walter  engines when the war ended have to be salvaged   several dives have failed up to date yet not everything is lost in december 1944 i was working for the  field measurement office in kersheim   surveying for the rice audubon  construction stuttgart om that's when i stumbled upon these platforms it was said that they were  probably made for the v1 or the v2   later it came out that these  platforms were actually built   as launch pads for the notter but willie  reichert is one of a few who is interested   in the project notter the happenings around the  natter stay mostly undisturbed for half a century   a career soldier from staten am colton mocked  revives the long-forgotten secret weapon his name   manfred hensel beginning in the seventies the  co-founder of the military historic association   of staten has been researching all aspects of the  natter there is a sensational discovery in 1998   at the crash height of the m23 digs are carried  out successfully hence supposedly long lost   fragments come to the light nowadays they belong  next to a re-enacted scene with lother siebert   and eric bakken to the basics of about the  story of a military training area in hoiberg the knotter is a supporting element in the 100  years of hoiberg training area military history   the replica of the knotter in the military  historical collection enjoys huge popularity   even within europe through this we can see  the visitors acknowledge that with his flight   lother sieber wrote a part of aeronautic  and aerospace engineering history near the former launching ramps of lother  siebert and the natters trial march 1945 and   a stylized natter remind in a simple way of the  happenings that took place there 65 years ago still the spirit of the natter lives on   apart from a partial reconstruction by using  original parts as it can be seen in the german   museum in munich there is a handful of museums as  for example the luffwaffen museum in berlin gateau   or the plains of fame museum in chino california  which have respectable natter replicas   an interest group of engineers from germany  wants to know it very precisely project 349   the original reconstruction of a natter which  is able to fly is presumably the only attempt   to getting a hint for the natter's last secrets  once more there is the question why exactly this   little plane makes so many technologically  interested persons want to rebuild it what fascinates about this project is a simple  wood construction used when constructing gliders   connected with a then highly modern propulsion  technology the rocket engine additionally the   natter also united other highly modern elements  within itself for example the air-to-air   missiles which helped enable this project  to sustain a certain fascination even today with this the knotter also holds many  technological secrets and in order to   discover these you have to reconstruct  it like an experimental archaeologist   what truly is the natter is it merely a  primitively wood construction with rocket engine   maybe it is at first glance but concerning  the conditions of the time one can evaluate   this draft as a remarkable performance the  principle of reusing partial segments in the   nodder is firstly applied in a plane thus it also  is the first flying apparatus with separation of   bow and rear and using a belt parachute to  salvage crucial components the combination   of liquid and solid-fueled engines sets new  dimensions absolutely this is also the first   flying object which has thrusters for steering  as well as pitch elevators and ailerons coming   into effect in the same cross control using  radar for target approach is trend setting   and turns this little interceptor into an ideal  for many more project of air traveling history   after the war a lot of knowledge about the natter  is considered in rocketry and space travel the   natter is just one of many projects that have led  to mankind exploring space but it has a special   status as a rocket-propelled projectile developed  for taking off from a firm place vertically   it is the connection element between  rocket and manned flying object   the basis for manned space  travel broke new grounds with it so so oh to so you

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Published: Tue Jun 21 2022