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Lippisch and the Me 163 Tailless Rocket Plane tale
Dr. Alexander Lippisch, a leading aeronautical engineer, helped develop Germany’s tailless delta and the Me 163 rocket plane while working with Messerschmitt at Augsburg and Vienna. He sent top secret documents on picture postcards. He died February 11, 1976 in Cedar Rapids after a long career with German and American aerospace firms.
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Alexander M. Lippisch
Nazi Germany
Cedar Rapids
Alexander Lippisch
Germany
Lippisch
Adolph Hitler
Luftwaffe
Wasserkuppe
Fulda
Darmstadt
Deutsches Forschungsinstitut
Fuer Segelflug
Research Institute For
Willy Messerschmitt
Augsburg
Hellmuth Walter
Alex
Alps
Messerschmitt
Air Ministry
Walter
Fritz von Opel
Sielaff
Sielart
Aero- Dynamics
Sjieloff
Rudolf Opitz
Lippisch Research
Stratford
Conn
Opitz
Messerchmitt
Messerschmitt Team
George
Vienna
Austria
Poland
Werner von Braun
Lippisci
Gertrude Knoblauch
Cottage Grove Avenue
Collins Radio Go
Munich