69 years ago, exactly, Franz Schall died on the 10th of April 1945

69 years ago, exactly, Franz Schall died on the 10th of April 1945, in his Me-262 after having fought the entire war, when there was just one month to go. Franz Schall was born on 1 June 1918 at Graz in Steiermark, Austria. Hauptmann Schall led 10./JG 7, based at Oranienburg. On 10 April 1945, Schall shot down a P-51, for his 133rd and last victory but then attempted an emergency landing at Parchim. His aircraft rolled into a bomb crater and exploded, killing him instantly. Hauptman Franz Schall is the top ace on Me 262 with 17 kills, including six four-engine bombers and 10 P 51 Mustangs.

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Le 10 April 1945, Schall abattit un P-51, pour sa 133ème et dernière victoire, et tenta d’effectuer un atterrissage d’urgence à Parchim. Son appareil au roulage s’effondra dans un trou de bombe fraîchement creusé dans la piste et explosa, tuant le pilote sur le coup. Le Hauptman Franz Schall est probablement l’as des as sur Me 262 avec 17 victoires obtenues sur cet appareil, dont six bombardiers quadrimoteurs et 10 Mustangs P 51.

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X-15 A-2 Special Hobby 1/32 - January 2014

On 18 May 1966, with Robert A Rushworth in the cockpit ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Rushworth ) the X-15A-2 56-671 flight 2-44-79 (158/199) provided the first relatively large-scale tests of MA-25S and the ESA-3560-IIA leading-edge material (Mach 5.43 - 30,175m - 5,937km/h). The materials had been applied (as appropriate) to three nose panels (F-3, F-4, and E-4), the UHF antenna, both main landing skids and struts, both sides of the ventral stabilizer, both lower speed brakes, and the left horizontal stabilizer. Researchers instrumented all of these panels to determine the effects of the ablator. Ground handling resulted in ablator damage that technicians repaired using a documented repair procedure; the test would inadvertently provide validation of its reparability. As part of the evaluation, technicians used various application techniques in different locations, providing some validation of the proposed concepts. In general, these tests were successful, although instrumentation failures precluded the gathering of any precise data from the nose panels.

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