Key point: The Komet remains the only rocket-powered fighter to have entered operational service. Nazi Germany pursued numerous ambitious and impractical weapon programs over the course of World War ...

Key Point: The Komet remains the only rocket-powered fighter to have entered operational service. Despite attaining speeds unsurpassed by any other airplane of its time, the Me 163 stands as an object ...

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 ...