The Story of German Test Pilot Erich Warsitz
by
Lutz Warsitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
On 27 August 1939, Flugkapitan Erich Warsitz became the first man to fly a jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 and in June of the same year he flew the first liquid-fuel rocket aircraft, the Heinkel He 176. His legendary flying skills enabled him to assist the pioneering German aircraft and engine design...