Mark Goldes wrote in part: > > >Incldently, he was a test pilot for Nazi V1 flying bombs. He would ride > them up and then jump off and parachute down. > I do not believe this. I take this mention to be done in jest. In my fascination with rocketry and WWII history, I have never run across this item for the V1 flying bomb being partially piloted. At least there were no 'saddles' being part of the assembly. The V1 carried a 1,000 pound bomb versus 2,000 pounds for the V2. Its propulsion was by a simple, noisy pulse-jet engine. The current re-incarnation of the engine is the Dyna-Jet model airplane engine still in production here (USA). There were no guidance units on the bomb as we know it today. Probably a web search should pop up an image of the missile and the simple manner of its being lauched against England from Penumunde (incorrect spelling) across the Channel.
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