A-9
Aircraft · Germany
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German manned rocketplane. Study 1944. Manned, winged boost-glide version of the V-2 missile. It would have been capable of delivering express cargo 600 km from the launch point within 17 minutes.
Other variants would form the second stage of the A9/A10 transatlantic missile.
The A4b designation was used to disguise work on the prohibited A9 program. Two prototypes were flown; a manned version was planned. The A4b had an empty mass 1350 kg greater than the basic V-2, with wings of 52 degree sweep.
Crew Size: 1.
Related
- Family
- European Rocketplanes, Rocketplane
- People
- von Braun
- Country
- Germany
- Launch Vehicles
- A9/A10, A9/A10/A11/A12, A9/A10/A11, A-4b