Myhra and Walter discussing Galland's refusal to take seriously Walter's theories on aerial gunnery; [2:40] on Galland and the Me 262, armament for this aircraft; [11:10] Walter on General Weise (sp?), Quartermaster General, and Eschenauer; [21:35] Fighter Wing JG 400 and Me 163; [22:42] First Horten 229 to first squadron JG 54, August/September 1945, according to Walter; [23:39] 1,000 x 1,000 x 1,000, raids on airfields in Britain, JG 54; [28:00] helplessness of Me 163 after fuel expended, [30:00] Wolfgang Späte; [36:56] Take-off run of Ho 229 short compared to other jet fighters such as the Me 262, only three airfields could accommodate the Messerschmitt, Allies bombed them, Walter: Ho 229 could fly from all the German fighter airfields, due to low wing loading; [40:30] trouble with Belko (sp?) on labor, Horten's aircraft performance calculations, RLM and aircraft manufacturers obsessed with high wing loading? [44:00, 47:13] Reimar and Walter payed very close attention to wing loading, horsepower requirement, "performance loading," for flying wings at all altitudes; [49:52] Spitfire designers designed for a fighting height of 7,000 meters, Messerschmitt designed for high speed at low altitude, had small wing with high wing loading, and performed poorly at high altitude; Walter on [52:42] Mustang as dogfighter; [56:12] Walter on Myhra's notion that Me 109 had a weak empennage; weak wings on Spitfire.
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Walter and Reimar Horten Interviews [Myhra], Acc. 1999-0065, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.