Lippisch P.13

A scan directly off of some microfilm I have, showing an overview sketch of the proposed Lippisch P.13 supersonic ramjet fighter. This wartime German design was to use powdered coal for the fuel, contained within the “saucer-shaped” basket in the interior, which is just barely visible here. The specific design shown here is generally referred to as the P.13b, while the P.13a featured a truly enormous vertical fin that contained the cockpit, and a single nose inlet. The P.13b version was substantially less oddball looking.

This scan falls squarely in the “meh” category as far as quality is concerned. I need to rectify that, as the microfilm contains rather a lot of Lippisch design drawings that, so far as I’m aware, have never been published before.