Warbirdlovers on Instagram: "Fighter Friday with the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. In any operational sense, the Komet was a failure. Although it shot down sixteen aircraft, mainly four-engined bombers, it did not warrant the effort put into the project. Video: @_jerrysjets"