Hitler's Stealth Fighter
A Documentary for the National Geographic Channel
Michael Jorgensen, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Genius!
I had the honor and privilege of contributing to the making of this film. My contributions included:
- Building a static version of my 82" span model for use as a reference for the Northrop Grumman team while they were building the full size model.
- Building a 1/48 Ho XVIII model, which can be seen on Goering's desk in the film.
- Building a full size replica of the Ho 229 cockpit, which was installed in the full size model.
- Detailing and weathering the full size model, including panel lines.
- Very brief (and unrecognizable) appearances as Erwin Ziller, the only man ever to fly the Ho 229. I got this "role" only because the guy who was supposed to play the pilot was late showing up :-)
Here is a link to a teaser, including the trailer and the first few minutes of the film. WARNING: the file is large (159MB - Quicktime format). It may take a while to download, depending on the speed of your connection. If you want to save the file to your hard disk, use
The Northrop Grumman team who built the full scale model for the film, Mike in front.
David Myhra, author of many books on German aircraft from WWII. I had the privilege of talking to David at length. He's a really great guy. Very patient and quite willing to share his vast knowledge.
The Cast
The Cast, with Mike Jorgensen and Linda Reynolds, Production Assistant.
Following are pictures of the cockpit I made for the full size model.
A still from the film - this is me posing as the pilot of the Ho 229, Erwin Ziller.
Following are more photos of me in the pilot suit.
The remaining photos are various production stills. These are what I chose as the best out of hundreds that were taken.
