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Re: Delta-shaped Aircraft over France in 1944
The Payen never flew in German service or as test aircraft. It was stationed in the south of France while the incident with the unknown delta-plane was at the Normandy coast in northern France.
The Gyropter had most probably flight characteristics similar to a helicopter therefore the witness is not wrong when stating that the vehicle flew very slowly. Wibault´s delta airplane had rotor arms in the middle of of the fuselage and at the ends small jets or jet-outlets like some small post-war helicopters ejecting hot exhaust gases or simply hot air. So this princlible was already used in Wibault´s delta craft which had an additional jet-engine at the rear, small tube, which enabled the vehicle to accelerate and dash away. Junkers |
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