Reimar continues to discuss loan of second engine used in H II, lent by Helmut Hirth (Wolf's brother) but returned, per agreement, in 1937; Reimar on lift distribution [3:44] decided to experiment with waggle wingtip configuration to measure effect on wingtip negative drag/thrust, work done at Lohmar(sp) near, 7 kilometers, from Troisdorf, details on design and construction of waggle-wingtips; [9:55] results of flight tests; end of the first H II [14:00]; more on properties of materials used to make waggle-wingtips, spars; [19:03] Hanna Reitsch flew H IIIc? D-11-347?; [19:37] Reimar on father and mother, 3 doctorate degrees, around 30 books [24:14], spoke several languages; [24:37] father lost his money after the war, offered better paying job in University of Breslau, Max retired in 1934 with pension; Elizabeth died in 1945; moved parents to Gut Tierstein to avoid bombing, father suffered heart attack at 71 and died about a week later; [31:41] Reimar on he and Walter, working in Bonn while their father worked in Breslau; Max's philosophy of life to Reimar at age 14 [33:00]; Reimar continues discussion on relationship with his father; [37:13] Reimar's grandfather and grandmother, great houses, stone quarry, loss of foreign investments; [42:47] working on H I in the family home, damage to the home not great; [45:00] 12-room house but Reimar only used 3-4 rooms; [47:05] Reimar's relationship with teachers at school, he got along with math/physics/chemistry teacher, Reimar was "a poor student" because he had little time to study; age 67 at time of interview [53:28]; Reimar's publishing record; [55:52] Reimar's favorite books as a boy, engineering and aerodynamics, Prandtl.
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Walter and Reimar Horten Interviews [Myhra], Acc. 1999-0065, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
