I just found this story about a team from Northrop Grumman, not too far from where I'm stationed, re-creating a Horten 2-29 using original Nazi blueprints. It's pretty interesting: "Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Re-created
Ho 2-29 "Hitler's Stealth Fighter"
I just found this story about a team from Northrop Grumman, not too far from where I'm stationed, re-creating a Horten 2-29 using original Nazi blueprints. It's pretty interesting: "Hitler's Stealth Fighter" Re-created
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One more picture.
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This was an amazing aircraft that incorporated a mixture of charcoal dust and wood glue over the plywood surface that actually absorbed radar instead of deflecting it.
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Just think, what could have happened if these things ever took to the skys during the war?
It could have been a lot different............
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I watched this episode some weeks ago. The grumman designers were allowed to look at and take measurements of the real aircraft for like only an hour. Not sure why they would not have been able to test the original aircraft. After all these guys work on the countries biggest secrets at it most secure locations.
Mark
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Hi Mark,by Brindlereo
That seems a little odd, I wonder what the rationale was?
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Re: Ho 2-29 "Hitler's Stealth Fighter"
Just think, what could have happened if these things ever took to the skys during the war?
It could have been a lot different............
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Instead Jack Northrop developed a series of flying wings ( N-9M in picture ) in the years after the war, and today the Us air force has the B2 in its inventory
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It just goes to show how ahead of the times the Germans were !
Nick
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I hearded they were 20 years a head of everyone else.
But I do not know if that is true.
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