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To: Vaquero
One of Jack Northrop's Original Northrop N9M? Geeze

That was the 1/3-scale proof of concept for the XB-35.

Now, it's a pile of lumber,

9 posted on 04/22/2019 2:30:03 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

Ah I see


10 posted on 04/22/2019 2:31:38 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

More like a pile of ashes.

I am torn between putting them in a museum or letting them be flown. I love to see history fly, but like you said, if it is a one off...perhaps it should stay grounded.


12 posted on 04/22/2019 2:33:25 PM PDT by hattend
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Are any of Northrop’s “flying wings” from the 1940s still around?
What ever happened to the YB-49 and the XB-35?

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15 posted on 04/22/2019 2:43:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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