The Christmas Bullet
This was an original design from De. William Whitney Christmas, a man who turned out to be quite the psychopath. Dr. Christmas designed this aircraft assured that whoever piloted it was certainly doomed upon attaining a lethal altitude. The plane did not need to reach such dizzying heights before it became a death trap, as its test flight pilot Cuthbert Mills met his untimely end due to the Bullet’s wings caving in. To make matter’s worse, Mills’ mother was in the audience!
The Christmas Bullet
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
The Komet was fitted with a rocket booster to better intercept and destroy opposing aircraft. If that doesn’t sound terrifying enough, it could also reach 100 miles per hour in no time at all while leaving other planes in the dust. Well, all this would have been intimidating, if the Komet’s leaky fuel tank had been able to accommodate more fuel than three minute’s worth of flight! This downfall in fuel tank design would be the Komet’s eventual downfall, taking many pilots lives with it.
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
