Saturday 17 November 2012

Dräger Helmet

German ground crew (probably not Leutnant Erwin Ziller the test pilot) wearing a WATANZUG(?) suit, in the Horten H.IX 1945 flying-wing made from two thin, carbon-impregnated plywood panels glued together with a charcoal and sawdust mixture, to combat the British Chain Home radar.
Gary Hethcoat's 1:8th scale Horten Ho 229 V3. BP

4 comments:

KrookStreetRacing said...

Take note all "steam punk" aficionados. That's how it's done!

(Sorry for the TRIPPLE post)...

Nick said...

Amazing technology, and nice model

WhitelinePsycho said...

There's a brilliant doco floating about on cable on the complete mock up made in the States recently, really cool stuff indeed.

Paolo said...

Forward the helmet pic to Ruby and the plane to Suzuki.