Professor Messerschmitt 1943 Lecture

[Deleted member 68059]

In 1943 Messerschmitt gave a short after dinner speech about the development of all metal stressed skin aircraft, at TU München
to commemorate the 75th year of the University. I have translated it and uploaded to my website, it is not very technical, and quite brief but you might find it useful to read. Included is the original German manuscript in his handwriting.

This photograph is from the actual dinner in question, and is not some generic photo found online.

Willy Messerschmitt – Calum Douglas

 

[Snautzer01]

Nice. Thank you, interesting read.

 

[Crimea_River]

A good read, thanks.

 

[Simon Thomas]

That is interesting article. Thank you for translating.
The word weft / "Schussbauart" likely means a longeron.

 

[Barrett]

What a rare find. Danke!
Speaking of metal aircraft:
reminds me that IIRC it was the subject of Wolfram von Richthofen's PhD paper.