/dev/null Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...ee-0b44f7587550 The Nazi's may have had a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity, but their scientists and engineers seem to have been pretty bright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...ee-0b44f7587550 The Nazi's may have had a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity, but their scientists and engineers seem to have been pretty bright That's why we brought them all here after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 That's why we brought them all here after the war. I think the Russians got their hands on a few too. But we got Wernher von Braun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I think the Russians got their hands on a few too. But we got Wernher von Braun We wouldn't have gotten any without "Operation Paperclip". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...ee-0b44f7587550 The Nazi's may have had a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity, but their scientists and engineers seem to have been pretty bright Yep our space program largely got off the ground (pun intended) in large part due to nazi scientists we brought over here after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 The Nazi's also had this little gem on the drawing board. The Amerika Bomber project was an initiative of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Nazi Germany Air Ministry, to obtain a long-range bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe that would be capable of striking the continental United States from Germany. Imagine if Roosevelt's foreign policy was to "not meddle in Germany's affairs" or to "wait and see how this thing plays itself out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 The Nazi's also had this little gem on the drawing board. Imagine if Roosevelt's foreign policy was to "not meddle in Germany's affairs" or to "wait and see how this thing plays itself out." Of course if the US hadn't intervened in WWI, there's a very good chance the whole Nazi thing never takes off to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...ee-0b44f7587550 The Nazi's may have had a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity, but their scientists and engineers seem to have been pretty bright Only a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 The Nazi's also had this little gem on the drawing board. Imagine if Roosevelt's foreign policy was to "not meddle in Germany's affairs" or to "wait and see how this thing plays itself out." Wow dude, you might want to take a refresher in american history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...ee-0b44f7587550 The Nazi's may have had a few wacky ideas about politics and humanity, but their scientists and engineers seem to have been pretty bright "You know the Germans always make good stuff..." That plane was a couple years away from being operational, though. Odds are it would have been dangerous to fly; Jack Northrop put lots of effort into flying wing designs, and never solved the problems until fly-by-wire was available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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