The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Ever heard of Alexander Lippisch? He was an inventor and aeronautical engineer and might be one of the ...

Click to open image viewer. This small experimental glider played a vital role in the development of the first jet-propelled delta wing aircraft to fly, the Convair XF-92A. The extensive flight tests ...

On June 11, 1928, the first manned rocket flight took off from a rubber catapult and landed safely after a 1500-meter flight. An aircraft called the Lippisch-Ente, originally designed as a glider, was ...

The new designs also had to be quick to build using inexpensive materials that were easily obtained. To boost high-speed performance, Lippisch envisioned powering the P 13 with a ram-jet engine ...