Heinkel Lerche

Origin: Germany
Type: VTOL Fighter/interceptor
Project Status: Never Been Built
Armament: Two MK108 30mm Canons

It was Heinkel's VTOL (Vertical Take OffLanding) fighter/interceptor aircraft, it was based on the Heinkel design of the "Wespe" (Wasp). The Heinkel engineers in Vienna starts their design in Febuary 25, 1945 and the design was completed in March 8, 1945. The "Lerche" (Skylark) has a ducted wing planform with a contratoring propellers, powered by two Daimler Benz DB605D engines. The Pilot has to lay in a prone position in the glazed nose cockpit. Its projected armament was two 30mm canons and possible three/four X-4 missiles (Which you can see on my last blog).

In Entertainment this aircraft is available in game called the 'IL-2 Sturmovik 1946' combat flight simulator.

 

Props N Jets

There are props and there are jets, but what about both engines. since the late 1940's aircrafts engineers creates a bizzare design of giving jet engines to a prop aircraft. because of the jet age was coming and the prop fighters was still to slow they need to boost up the speed by giving an extra jet engine but it was still experimental. Here are the examples:

North American P-51 Mustang (With two Ford PJ-31 Pulsejet engine)
Origin: USA
First Flight: 1945
Type: Fighter
Speed: 400-500mph
 The Mustangs was already one of the legendary fighters in the WWII because of its Merlin piston engine. However because of the new jet coming up and the USSR are already testing some fo their new aircrafts, the North American Aircraft company use the P-51 mustang and fitted with two jet engines. It boost more speed to the aircraft but it causes more drag in the aircrafts, the idea was dropped soon after the test.

Lavochkin LA-9 (With two RD-13 jets)
Origin: USSR/Russia
First Flight:1947
Type: Fighter
Speed: 690km/h
Armament: 4x 23mm cannons
Besides the P-51 mustang project the Russian made its own fighter from an LA-9 fighter aircraft fitted with two RD-13 jet engine. IT was suppose to boost more powere to the prop aircraft it was first flown in 1947.

Ruhrstahl X-4

Origin: Germany
Tested in: 1944
Type: air to air missile
Speed: 1152 km/h

A WWII missiles used to shot down allied bombers coming to germany, one of its innovation is that it was a wire guided missile at the maximum range of more than 9000 metres. The first test was launched by a Junker JU88 bomber, then it was tested by a Focke-Wulf FW190 fighter. It was also intended for another German jet the TA-183 (However the fighter project was cancelled) the fighter could carry four X-4 missiles. The survivors are stored in the National USAF museum, Ohio, USA.
X-4 missile (Above), TA-183 fighter with the X-4's (Below)

  

The Kyushu J7W / J7W2 'Shinden' the jet version

Country/Origin: Japan
First Flight: August 3, 1945
Type: Fighter
Service: Japanese navy air force
Armament: four 30mm cannons and two 132lb (60kg) bombs

One of the early Canard design planes and one of the most advance fighters in WWII. The reason for this fighter is to stop the B-29 superfortress from Bombing Japan. there were two prototypes before the end of the war, but before they tried the full model a glider design was launched which was called the MXY6. Then in Aug 1945 the first prototype with an engine flew however it was a turboprop. The Jet version 'J7W2' was never succeded in the end of the war. The survivor of the aircraft is preserved in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. 'J7W' (above) 'J7W2' (Below)

 

The Douglas XB-19 high altitude bomber

During the 1930's it was very rare to see any large aircrafts however the US Douglas Aircraft Corp decided to make an aircraft larger than any aircraft in the world. It was built in the 1930's and it was completed in 1941. It was said that it was the largest aircraft in the world, its primary role was a heavy bomber but it was never seen in combat and it is experimental.  

Introduction To the Blog

I've been interested in Aircraft since 2007. This blog is mostly on aircrafts secret projects which had been hidden or experiental. Either in Civil projects or Military Projects both has its own secrets, Since WWI to the WW II and to the cold war and the modern age.