What is Hellmuth Walter?
{{more sources}} '''Hellmuth Walter''' (26 August 1900 in [[Wedel]] near [[Hamburg]] – 16 December 1980 in Upper [[Montclair, New Jersey]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[engineer]]. He pioneered research into [[rocket engine]]s and [[gas turbine]]s. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the [[Messerschmitt Me 163]] and [[Bachem Ba 349]] [[fighter plane]]s. He designed [[JATO]] (jet-assisted take-off) units for various [[Luftwaffe]] aircraft during [[World War II]], and a revolutionary new propulsion system for [[submarine]]s known as [[air-independent propulsion]] (AIP). In 1945 he got the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|Knight's Cross]] for his work. After the war he worked for the [[Royal Navy]] and in America. Finally, in 1956, he founded the company Hellmuth Walter GmbH in [[Kiel]]. In 1967 he built a civilian submarine, STINT, with Walter propulsion.<ref>{{cite book | last = Vitzthum| first = Wolfgang | title = Der Rechtsstatus des Meeresbodens | publisher = Duncker & Humblot | date = 1972 | page = 102 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Walter, Hellmuth}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:German aerospace engineers]] [[Category:Scientists from Hamburg]]