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Barrage Balloons Here's more content about Hannah and her flight career (full disclosure: I am a fan of Hannah Reitsch): - How much nerve does a pilot require to deliberately fly an un-tested plane into a steel cable? - And with likely not much more than an engineer's word that "We've done...

Flying the Big Birds Another aircraft test flown by Hannah Reitsch was the Messerschmitt ME-361 Gigant ("Giant") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLq3oWpCss

She was injured during a test flight of the rocket-powered Me-163: - Test flying is not for the faint of heart. - I'm not a pilot, but test flying rockets likely ups the ante. Don't let her ready laugh fool you; Hannah was cool as ice, and one tough cookie. http://youtu.be/-yuRisGhrdA

Brother, that aviator is an inspiration to all aspiring pilots everywhere. A test pilot; she knew flying, and was fearless.

Hannah Reitsch was one of Germany's go-to test pilots during the war years of WWII. The aircraft she flew attest to her status as a trusted aviator. The odds of being remembered by history were stacked against her, both as a woman and also as an avowed member of the Nazi Party. Among some of...