Entwicklungsring Süd

Entwicklungsring Süd (EWR) was a German consortium formed in 1959 to build a Mach 2 Vertical Take-Off Interceptor for the Luftwaffe.[1]

History

The consortium was formed in 1959 by the German aircraft companies Bölkow, Heinkel and Messerschmitt to develop a Mach 2 VTOL interceptor for the German Air Force.[1] In 1964 Heinkel left the consortium and the following year it was formed as a company Entwicklungsring Süd GmbH.[1] A VJ 101C prototype aircraft was built and flown in 1963 although it crashed on its 132nd flight, on 14 September 1964, during a normal horizontal take-off. The accident was found to have been caused by a roll-rate gyro which had been installed with reversed polarity.[2] A modified second prototype flew in 1965 and it was planned to put an improved variant VJ 101D into production, but the development was stopped.[1]

EWR teamed with Boeing, Fairchild, Hiller and Republic Aviation for the Advanced Vertical Strike (AVS).[3][4][5]

Products
VJ 101C

References
Notes
  1. Orbis 1985, p. 1615
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2014-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.robertcmason.com/textdocs/GermanVSTOLFighters.pdf
  4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1968/1968%20-%200830.PDF
  5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1967/1967%20-%200918.PDF
Bibliography
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.


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