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Sikorsky JRS-1:
This Sikorsky JRS-1 is the only aircraft in the museum collection that was stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Ten JRS-1 amphibians were at the base when the Japanese attacked, and all survived. They were immediately pressed into service and and flew many missions patrolling for Japanese submarines and searching for the enemy fleet. The only armament these airplanes carried were depth charges to attack submarines.
Horten Ho 229 V3:
In 1943 the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 ("aitch-oh-two-two-nine") promised spectacular performance. The German Luftwaffe chief, Hermann Goring, allocated half-a-million Reich Marks to the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten to build and fly several prototypes. Numerous technical problems beset this unique design and the only powered example crashed after several test flights. The airplane remains one of the most unusual combat aircraft tested during World War II. |