Lippisch DM-1
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The Lippisch DM-1 is a single-seat research glider that was designed and built in Germany from 1944.
The DM-1 at Munich Prien airport after the war
The DM-1 modified for wind tunnel testing by NACA.
Lippisch DM-1 in restoration at the Smithsonian
Alexander Lippisch
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Alexander Martin Lippisch was a German-American aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground
Lippisch DM-1
…The Lippisch DM-1 is a single-seat research glider that was designed and built in Germany from 1944. During World War II, Dr. Alexander Lippisch proposed a ramjet propelled point defense fighter, the Lippisch P.12/13a. It was a sharply-swept delta flying wing with the engine buried in a thick…
Alexander Lippisch, with Günther Grönhoff in the cockpit of the Storch V.