Early aviation engineers appreciated the potential for a “flying wing” design. A flying wing, which minimizes fuselage and usually eliminates the tail, reduces many of the aerodynamic compromises ...
Early aviation engineers appreciated the potential for a “flying wing” design. A flying wing, which minimizes fuselage and usually eliminates the tail, reduces many of the aerodynamic compromises ...
The images above provide an interesting comparative study of the nose sections of Northrop's YB-49 circa the late 1940s and present day's Northrop Grumman's B-2A Spirit stealth bomber. Jack Northrop ...
A Northrop YB-49 in flight over desert, probably in the vicinity of Muroc, California. NASM SI-97-15291~Am John Canady, of Festus, Missouri, asks us: “Does there exist anywhere any pieces or artifacts ...
General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha The YB-49 demonstrated that putting jet engines on an airframe designed for piston engines made the aircraft faster but not ...
Today, we tend to associate the flying wing design of aircraft with stealthy planes like the B-2 and the upcoming B-21 bomber. But the world’s first jet-powered flying wing emerged 70 years ago, and ...
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