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Evolution of the Flying Wing

One of the cool stories shortly before Jack Northrop died was he was taken in secret to Edwards and they did an overflight with the B2 Stealth . He supposedly looked up as it flew over and then looked at the senior engineers and said, "Ya finally got the damn thing to fly."

LOL
 
Tacoma236 said:
One of the cool stories shortly before Jack Northrop died was he was taken in secret to Edwards and they did an overflight with the B2 Stealth . He supposedly looked up as it flew over and then looked at the senior engineers and said, "Ya finally got the damn thing to fly."

LOL
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It was cool of them to do that for him. Northrop was way ahead of his time.
 
This is the actual first "Flying Wing" and after WWII, the US used x-germans from Operation Paperclip to produce the US flying wing.

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Inside the Horten Flying Wing

During the last years of World War II, German aircraft designers pursued unconventional solutions to regain control of the skies. Among the most ambitious was the Horten Ho 229, a jet-powered flying wing that challenged traditional aircraft design. Conceived by the Horten brothers, the aircraft e
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I spent 5 years of my AF time in the 8th AF at a B52 wing and have an appreciation for the histoey of Strategic bombers.

My son in law is now a program manager on the B21 bomber program and we have 30 years of successful B2 operations ak the flying wing proves what’s old is new again!
 
My ex-father-in-law, Russ Schleeh, was the test pilot on the propeller driven version. It had terrible problems with engine cooling, as did many large displacement radials in other aircraft (he was also Air Force test for the B-29) and said they rarely returned with all 4 working during early phases of testing.
It is rumored (pretty good source on this) that the nose gear folded on landing with Russ at the helm and he broke his back while pulling his copilot out. As the aircraft sat smoldering on the runway (lakebed I think), his comment was "let it burn." The early flying wings, both piston and jet, had serious stability problems, and its only today with computer assist that they are viable.
It is reported that when Russ was in hospital from this accident, Yeager brought him some entertainment (hooker?); think that's in Right Stuff. They were buds. Yeager was my ex's godfather.
 
Recently, a large flying wing aircraft, the identity of which is unknown, whether manned or unmanned, was spotted near the secretive Malan air base in the Xinjiang province, China. It appears the flying wing design will be well represented in the future.
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Undoubtedly, China stole our design to jumpstart their program. We have traitors in our midst who support communism and are aiding these regimes (China, N. Korea, (the former) Soviet Union, etc. Examples would include traitors like Julius & Ethel Rosenberg and General 'Benedict' Milley.
 
Jack Northrop was a genius and so were American engineers. Unfortunately, too much credit is given to the HO-229 project as "inspiration" for our flying wing.

 
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