The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight.

ME-163战斗机（英文：ME-163 Fighter [1]，德文绰号：Komet，译文：彗星），是20世纪40年代初期德国研制的一型火箭推进截击机。 ME-163战斗机于1941年9月1日首次飞行。 其产量很小，截至1944年末只生产91架。 1944年5月14日首次参与实战 [2] [12]。 DFS194的设计从很早就开始了。 早在1933年，利皮施就在德国滑翔飞行研究所领导设计了后掠机翼无尾式 火箭飞机，代号为DFS194型。 但由于瓦尔特·多恩贝格尔和韦恩赫·冯·布劳恩等人才开始研究火箭发动机，所 …

Me 163戰鬥機 是 德國 於 二次世界大戰 時唯一進入服役以液体 火箭 為動力的 攔截機，也是參戰各國當中唯一服役的例子。 Me 163的機身設計，在無動力狀態時，是一架無水平尾翼滑翔機。 機身粗短，在機頭有一個連接發電機的小螺旋槳，當它飛行時會被流過機身的氣流帶動而轉動從而產生提供全機的電力，包括为装备的两门MK108机炮供电（由于该机炮使用电击发原理）。 机身中段设置内外套管的大容量燃料罐，外管装载氧化剂（1550公斤过氧化氢水溶液）内管装载还原 …

2024年11月22日 · Dangerous to Allied bombers as well as the ground crews that maintained it and the pilots that flew it, the tiny Me 163 had an amazing climb rate and top speed thanks to its unique rocket engine...

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet was designed by Alexander Lippisch and manufactured by Messerschmitt as a German interceptor aircraft intended for point-defence and the sole rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever operated.

One of the most remarkable of the Wunderwaffen (wonder weapons) produced by the Nazi Germany during World War II, the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet holds the distinction of being the first and only tailless rocket-powered interceptor to see operational service.

The sole operational Komet group, JG 400, scored nine kills while losing 14 of its own aircraft. This Me 163B (S/N 191095) may have been sabotaged while under construction, perhaps by the forced laborers building it in Germany.

2022年3月18日 · Following the successful testing of the previous Me 163A series, the Germans began developing a new improved version that was intended for operational use. This would lead to the Me 163B series, which was the first, and last, operational rocket-powered aircraft to be used in active combat.

The only rocket propelled interceptor ever to be used operationally, the Me163 Komet was deployed by the Luftwaffe in a desperate attempt to combat the Allied strategic bombing offensive during the closing stages of the Second World War.

Planes of Fame Air Museum's Me-163 Komet is a replica of the world's first operational rocket powered fighter. This replica was built by George Lucas of Dunda, NY. View our aircraft collection and information about each aircraft.