| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-9518 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier VJ 101 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier VJ 101 |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier VJ-101C-X2 |
| C/n (msn): | X-2 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Munich / Deutsches Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Collection: | Deutsches Museum |
| Photo Date: | 11 July 2013 |
| Photo by: | Arjun Sarup |
| Photo ID: | 273482 |
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On display at Deutsches Museum München. Quest for survivability in a nuclear theatre led the Federal Min. of Defense to want a Mach 2 VTOL fighter. Messerschmitt, Bölkow and Heinkel formed Entwicklungsring Süd (EWR) to make the "Versuchsjaeger" (Research Fighter). The X-1 with wingtip tilt jets first lifted off vertically with American test pilot George Bright on 10 April 1963. This X-2 became the first VTOL aircraft to exceed Mach 1. The project was cancelled in 1968. This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 August 2020, and has since been viewed 208 times. |