Saturday, July 12, 2008

Concept Aircraft : Heinkel He-P.1079A (1944)

Heinkel He-P.1079A (1944)

During WWII, Germany's Heinkel aircraft company developed five fighter planes under the P.1079 designation. The only thing these designs had in common was that they incorporated twin jet engines. The first in the 1079 series was this design, the P.1079A, which featured its power plants on either side of the fuselage, plus a V-shaped tail.

No He-P.1079As were ever produced.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

That's not entirely true ... In the Technology Museum in Speyer, there is a prototype, but with no sweep of the wings, but completely conventional wings. But fuselage and tail leave no doubt that it is a sample of this project. And of course the lettering "Heinkel" adorns this aircraft ...