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Posted on 08/01/2025 5:50:15 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
The Horten Ho 229 was a German flying-wing jet prototype developed in the final days of World War II. National Security Journal was given a guided tour of the plane’s remains at the Smithsonian. Often called the “Nazi stealth fighter” for its resemblance to the modern B-2 bomber, the aircraft was a radical design that was decades ahead of its time.
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ME-262 .......................
Skunkworks was working on Our version. I don’t remember when they started and I have to get some sleep right now but I will be back in later.
Vought V-173 "Flying pancake"
Curtis XP-55 Ascender.
Interesting. Thanks for posting (the tagline & homepage too).
The “Flying Pancake.”
I never heard about that one!
They make a “modern” version of that jet, with the original plans and modern jet engines. The guy who shares my hanger has one.
Apparently it flies like a brick.
This ME-262 replica was at Oshkosh this year.
https://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/resurrecting-white-3-our-replica-me-262-takes-a-stroll/
The article gets one thing wrong: the project wasn’t abandoned.
Must these Englishmen live that I might die?
This was a pretty neat documentary on it, covering Northrop Grumman’s effort to test its stealthiness with a replica. The conclusion was that while we wouldn’t call it stealthy, it was stealthIER than conventional aircraft, and combined with its speed could have been a huge threat if it was produced earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gZFNp5MgJc
One of Germany’s biggest mistakes in WWII was over engineering their war machines....and that lives on today in the form of some German car manufacturers.
German tanks broke down so frequently, crews destroyed more of their own tanks to keep them out of allied hands than the allies ever did, and this thing was probably the same way. Add in rushing production and it never stood a chance....thank God.
Having said all that, the idea certainly was WAY ahead of its time.
“The Germans were at least a decade ahead of us technologically”
On aircraft and rockets, absolutely. Not on nuclear, though.
It is amazing, though, how a country went from being such a clear leader in technological innovation to being something of an also-ran. Losing >5 million of their best men in the war didn’t help
In the case of “The People’s Car” that one is under engineered IMO.
I had friends in the 80s that loved those things in the form of sand buggies.....me? I never understood a car with no A/C......ESPECIALLY where you and I live.
Inexpensive yes.....comfortable in extreme temperatures....not so much.
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