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Re: Surviving Me-163 Komets

Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Sep 13, 2002 01:52:25 PM

In reply top Surviving Me-163 Komets posted by Phil Earthey on Thu Sep 12, 2002 06:59:11 PM

: Is there any evidence that any of the surviving Me-163s ac
: tually flew under their own power, either during the War o
: r in testing/evaluation Post War?
:
: Would be interested to hear if any of the survivors actual
: ly saw air under their skids.
:
: Thanks,
:
: Phil

AIUI, the Me163s brought back to England for evaluation were banned from powered flying on grounds of safety, of course. However, there seems to be substantial evidence that at least one of them flew at least once as a glider. I
believe that its tug was a Spitfire ! I'm sure that many years ago, I read a letter in a flying magazine by a guy who had witnessed this event.

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