Lippisch P13a Supersonic Ramjet Fighter footage

Rare 1944 or 1945 flight footage from Alexander Lippisch’s archives of a German prototype P13a supersonic coal fuelled Ramjet Delta wing interceptor gliding in for landing. The craft in the film has features shown in the design drawings for the production fighter version of the P13a and not the simplified DM1 glider. The footage is not necessarily an operational supersonic fighter and may be a large glider or model prototype to test the proposed production version configuration. What is clear is that the design was capable of stable flight. Something to be expected from an aeronautical engineer of Dr Lippisch’s calibre. A glider only prototype known as the DM1 was built by others as Dr Lippisch elsewhere concentrated on more secret developments. The Coal dust fueled ramjets were tested successfully by Professor Eugene Sänger on a Dornier 17. The Ramjets starting at approx 250km’hr and accelerating the unstreamlined bomber to 150km’hr faster than it’s usual maximum speed. Contrary to popular Myth, Ramj