DFS 228 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
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Name (Latin)
DFS 228 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
See Also From tracing topical name
Gliders (Aeronautics)
Reconnaissance aircraft
Rocket planes
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Wikidata:
Q540741
Library of congress:
sh2002000619
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 00106472: Myhra, David. DFS 228, c2000:blurb ("The DFS 228 ... was a bi-fuel liquid rocket powered sailplane capable of reaching 100,000 ft ...")
- Jane's ency. of aviation:pp. 324-325 "DFS 228 (Germany) (Single-seat short-range rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft designed to have a service ceiling of 22,860 m (75,000 ft). Small number of prototypes and pre-production aircraft built from 1943-1945.")
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DFS 228 landing
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Wikipedia description:
The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight") during World War II. By the end of the war, the aircraft had only flown in the form of two unpowered prototypes.
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