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Chapter Two German Wartime Flying Discs The following chapter is a serious attempt to outline everything currently known about the circular winged aircraft that were developed by German engineers and scientists during World War Two. Regrettably, there are many gaps in the historical detail and matters have not been helped by the vast amount of com- plete nonsense, either in print or floating around the Internet, which has often inter- fered with serious research. There are four separate German pro- grammes that qualify for inclusion in a book dealing with the history of flying saucers and, while one remains very doubtful, the topic still merits discussion. The most straightforward World War Two flying disc development was Arthur Sack’s propeller-driven, single-engined course of time, but sufficient evidence exists Arthur Sack’s AS-6 V-1 circular-winged AS-6 aircraft. Although AS-6 had some interest- _ in scattered material to validate its existence. _ ©*Perimental aircraft at Brandis during World War . A f P , « is ye Two. Several heavily re-touched versions of this ing features, this design was seriously flawed The third VTOL saucer project was initially image are in circulation, which seem to have been from the outset and the aircraft only managed undertaken by Focke Achgelis and reached altered to enhance the aircraft’s circular a few brief lift-offs at Brandis Airfield. the wind tunnel testing stage. This design appearance. via Bill Rose Heinkel and BMW appear to have been proved extremely influential in post-war responsible for undertaking the second pro-American design thinking and was taken up ject in Czechoslovakia and almost everything by Goodyear who saw the potential foranew air defence measures and there is a widely currently known can be found in this chapter. _ carrier-based aircraft. held belief that a rather mysterious disc- Unfortunately, the details of this obscure pro- As hostilities intensified, German engi- shaped missile called a Foo Fighter was ject have become grossly distorted during the neers and scientists turned their attention to deployed towards the end of the war (the Arthur Sack’s AS-6 V-1 circular-winged experimental aircraft at Brandis during World War Two. Several heavily re-touched versions of this image are in circulation, which seem to have been altered to enhance the aircraft’s circular appearance. via Bill Rose ject in Czechoslovakia and almost everything by Goodyear who saw the potential foranew air defence measures and there is a widely currently known can be found in this chapter. _ carrier-based aircraft. held belief that a rather mysterious disc- Unfortunately, the details of this obscure pro- As _ hostilities intensified, German engi- shaped missile called a Foo Fighter was ject have become grossly distorted during the neers and scientists turned their attention to deployed towards the end of the war (the name was given by Allied aircrews). Finally, the Horten Brothers have been allowed some space because they operated at the cutting edge of German aeronautical development during World War Two and this eventually led to US military concerns that they had become involved with the secret construc- tion of flying saucers. Germany’s Wartime Low-Tech Flying Saucer Until a series of black and white photographs surfaced which proved its existence, little was known about a small wartime German circular-winged monoplane that was often dismissed as a myth. The design of this air- craft can be attributed to Arthur Sack (1900- 1964), a pre-war model plane enthusiast who lived in the Leipzig area. During the first National Contest of Aero Left: Air Minister Ernst Udet, who encouraged Models with Combustion Engines, which development of Sack’s AS6 V-1. via Bill Rose took place at Leipzig-Mockau on 27th and Above: Legendary aerodynamicist Alexander 28th June 1939, Sack demonstrated his small Lippisch, who is said to have briefly assisted Sack AS-1 circular-winged design. AS-1 had a with the design of AS-6 V-1. via Bill Rose reported length of about 4ft lin (125.0cm), Germany’s Wartime Low-Tech Flying Saucer Until a series of black and white photographs surfaced which proved its existence, little was known about a small wartime German circular-winged monoplane that was often dismissed as a myth. The design of this air- craft can be attributed to Arthur Sack (1900- 1964), a pre-war model plane enthusiast who lived in the Leipzig area. During the first National Contest of Aero Models with Combustion Engines, which took place at Leipzig-Mockau on 27th and 28th June 1939, Sack demonstrated his small AS-1 circular-winged design. AS-1 had a reported length of about 4ft lin (125.0cm), 36 Left: Air Minister Ernst Udet, who encouraged development of Sack’s AS6 V-1. via Bill Rose Secret Projects: Flying Saucer Aircraft