Triangle of Terror | Lippisch P 13a

As the war in Europe slowly progressed, the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) found itself in a desperate struggle to fend off ever-increasing Allied bombing raids. These desperate times demanded a desperate solution, which came in the form of many experimental aircraft and other technological proposals. Some of these included developing ramjets engines that could be powered using alternative fuels, and aircraft designs that could potentially reach supersonic speed. The man who tried to combine them into a single design was Alexander Martin Lippisch and his bizarre-looking P 13a flying triangle. If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon:   / tankartfund   Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tanke... Article: https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/na... Sources: J. Thompson (1963) Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945, Aero Publisher R. Giacomelli, (1933) The Stipa-Caproni Monoplane, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 5 D. Nesic (2008) Naoružanje Drugog Svetsko Rata-Italija L. Salari, Caproni Storia della nascitadell’ industria aeronautica M Taylor, The Wolrd Strangest Aircraft, Metro Books O. E. Lancaster (1959) Jet Propulsion Engines, Princeton University Press L. Stipa (1933) Stipa Monoplane with Venturi Fuselage, Technical Memorandums Nation Advisory Committee For Aeronautics No.753 https://resources.system-analysis.cad... https://www.historynet.com/caproni-fl... https://aeropedia.com.au/content/stip... Discord Invite Link:   / discord   Our website: https://plane-encyclopedia.com Our sister site Tank Encyclopedia: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com Tank Encyclopedia Youtube: @TanksEncyclopediaYT Article by: Marko P Script by: Marko P Narrated by Alben Bloomfield Edited by Julesans Sound edited by Alben Bloomfield