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Since the terms of the 1918 armistice prevented Germany from building fixed-wing powered aircraft, most Germans with an interest for flying took to gliding during the 1920s, either as designers, pilots or both! I believe that the restriction imposed upon them forced them to be more creative and to develop some very efficient designs, and that experience was put to good use when Germany went back to building proper aircraft under the 3rd Reich. German designs before the war were much more capable on the whole than the French or American ones."Desperate times call for desperate measures". They may not have had "faith" in them but could hardly do otherwise... All the main manufacturers were busy building bombers and fighters, even the smaller ones subcontracted construction for them, and so there was little time left on their hands, and little manpower, to devote to the development of pure research or experimental types!
Since the terms of the 1918 armistice prevented Germany from building fixed-wing powered aircraft, most Germans with an interest for flying took to gliding during the 1920s, either as designers, pilots or both! I believe that the restriction imposed upon them forced them to be more creative and to develop some very efficient designs, and that experience was put to good use when Germany went back to building proper aircraft under the 3rd Reich. German designs before the war were much more capable on the whole than the French or American ones.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures". They may not have had "faith" in them but could hardly do otherwise... All the main manufacturers were busy building bombers and fighters, even the smaller ones subcontracted construction for them, and so there was little time left on their hands, and little manpower, to devote to the development of pure research or experimental types!
