Dragonfly: The Luftwaffe's Experimental Triebflügeljäger Project

by David Myhra

This is the story of the world's first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine - Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau's proposed "Triebfl gelj ger" or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The Triebfl gelj ger was not intended to be an air-superiority dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers head on. With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764318772
• ISBN13: 9780764318771
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"