Word: messerschmitts
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...wheels and a tiny (10 h.p.) engine, hooked up to the single rear wheel. But it was no toy. It could carry three passengers at a 'top speed of 60 m.p.h., could go 94 miles on a gallon of gasoline. The price: $869 to $998. The maker: the Messerschmitt Works of Regensburg, West Germany...
...Kabinenroller, built by famed Airplane Designer Willy Messerschmitt, is the first of a new class of West German midget cars to go on sale in the U.S. The midgets, which make even the little Volkswagen look like a Cadillac by comparison, were born of German auto taxes, including a stiff purchase tax, an annual levy of about $3.42 per 100 cc. of engine displacement, plus compulsory liability insurance costing anywhere from $11.87 a year to $106.87, depending on horsepower. Thus, a Volkswagen's yearly tax and insurance cost is $76, about as much as the average West German earns...
Young General Galland probably saw little of Hitler, except on such ceremonial occasions, but as inspector general he fought mightily for development of the jet-powered Messerschmitt 262 as the only possible defense against the Allies' vast fleets of bombers. Hitler, against the advice of his best airmen, ordered the jets used as bombers, not fighters, and also opted to throw Germany's resources into making guided missiles-the put-putting V-1 and the rocket-powered V2. By late 1944 Galland, like his fellow airmen, was perfectly able to see that Germany, without enough defense against...
...Messerschmitt 109," said Ike firmly, thinking of strafing airplanes...
...MOTOR SCOOTERS were rushed into production in East Germany to compete with West German models made by ex-Aircraft Designer Messerschmitt, but have proved to be flops. First three slapped together for the East Zone May Day celebration all broke down within a few hundred yards on their initial test runs, were dropped from the big parade...