Great decisions by German "specialists" on Me-163

- Someone in the ministry had his way and directed that the wings be equipped with a linen covering to be more resistant to enemy ground fire, which means 220 pounds of additional weight and, correspondingly, 220 pounds less fuel

-A wise ass in Berlin insisted that the jettisonable undercarriage had to be equipped with wheel brakes ( Engineer Armbrust in dept L shook his head for hours over that one).

From Top secret bird by Wolfgang Späte

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