Dragonfly: The Luftwaffe's Experimental Triebflügeljäger Project

This is the story of the world’s first attempt at perfecting a true, tail—sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine – Focke—Wulf Flugzeugbau’s proposed “Triebflügeljäger” or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The Triebflügeljäger was not intended to be an air—superiority dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers head on. With its mission completed it would return to i...