The Christmas Bullet
The Christmas Bullet was originally designed and created by Dr. William Whitney Christmas, who was known to be a psychopath. Christmas created this plane fully knowing that the pilot would certainly die after reaching a certain– very dangerous– altitude. Christmas invited a pilot named Cuthbert Mills to test the plane, and Mills invited his mom to join him and watch her son fly an airplane. While Mills was performing the flight’s takeoff, the wings of the plane folded in, which made the plane unflyable. As you can imagine, the plane crashed and Cuthbert Mills did not survive.
The Christmas Bullet
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor made to shoot down enemy planes. How intimidating does that sound? This plane could accelerate from 0 to 100 miles per hour faster than any of its competitor’s planes. Unfortunately, it had such a small fuel tank that it could only stay airborne for up to three minutes until it had to land to refill. Since there was a problem with the fuel tank and it seemed to leak a lot, it crashed and caused fires, and plenty of pilots died.
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
