Fast Turbojet Recon Aircraft
The origins of this type date back to a specification issued by German Air Ministry in 1940 for a Fast turbojet powered single-seat reconnaissance aircraft. The design proposed by Arado, the Ar-234, went on to become the world’s first jet powered bomber.
The first prototype, the Ar-234 V-1, first flew on June 15, 1943 and this was quickly followed by seven other prototypes, all using a launching trolley and landing skid arrangement since the aircraft’s fuselage was narrow that it could not take a conventional undercarriage.