FIRST TIME in Russian! A new book from the bestselling author of “The Unknown Sukhoi” and “Sukhoi against America.” A creative biography of the greatest German aircraft designer W. Messerschmitt, who has many aviation masterpieces to his credit - the legendary Bf 109, rightfully considered one of the best combat aircraft in history; the famous Bf 110 fighter-bomber; the largest landing glider of its time, Me 321; the six-engine military transport Me 323, which anticipated the development of an entire trend in aircraft manufacturing; the Me 163 missile interceptor and, of course, the famous Me 262, with which the jet era actually began. Messerschmitt also had failures, the most notorious of which was the infamous Me 210, but despite rare failures, what he created would have been enough for several lives. Being an aircraft designer himself and a professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute, the author not only restores the true biography of V. Messerschmitt and his history difficult relationship with the leadership of the Third Reich, but also professionally analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of all its projects.