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Why the Revolutionary Flying Wing Was Abandoned
The flying wing concept was decades ahead of its time, combining innovative design with promises of greater speed, range, and ...
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This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB
One of four flying wings originally built in 1944 as test aircraft in support of the XB-35 and YB-35 experimental bombers developed for the U.S. Army Air Forces, the ultra-rare N-9M crashed at the ...
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Today in Aviation History: First flight of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing
The flying wings design, initially part of the propeller-driven XB-35 project, which was canceled in May 1944, remained of ...
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Horten Ho 229: Did Nazi Germany Build the First Stealth Plane?
The first notable flying wing was the Horten Ho 229 ... That was used in the development of the Northrop XB-35 and YB-35, an experimental heavy bomber build for the United States Army Air ...