Posted on 09/27/2016 6:51:25 PM PDT by blam
That’s the HO-229 they’re restoring at the Smithsonian near Dulles airport in DC. Pretty bird.
https://airandspace.si.edu/collections/horten-ho-229-v3/
Where would this weapon be if it had seen large production?
Sad that such are necessary, but it is a fallen world.
Maximum speed: Mach 3.1 (2,056 mph, 3,309 km/h) Cruise speed: Mach 3.0 (2,000 mph, 3,200 km/h) Range: 3,725 nmi (4,288 mi, 6,900 km) on combat mission
Northrup had the YB-35, YB-49, and the N-9M flying wings which were all able to fly without fly by wire systems.
>Northrup had the YB-35, YB-49, and the N-9M flying wings which were all able to fly without fly by wire systems.
They where unable to fly safly, which is why the planes where never put into production. It was only with the advent of fly by wire in the 70s-80s that a flying wing like the b2 became safe enough to fly.
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