The YB-49 featured a flying wing design and was a turbojet -powered development of the earlier, piston-engined Northrop XB-35 and YB-35. The two YB-49s built were both converted YB-35 …

The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-foot (18 m) span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-foot (52 m) wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 …

Northrop advocated a "flying wing" as a means of reducing parasitic drag and eliminating structural weight not directly responsible for producing lift. Consolidated Vultee proposed a …

2020年7月20日 · Jack Northrop dreamed big with his futuristic flying wing, but the radical bomber proved too great a technological leap for his company to bridge in the late 1940s. One of two …

2016年12月21日 · In the 1940s, Jack Northrop generated great excitement with his amazing “Flying Wing,” which flew like an airplane but didn’t look like one, at least not in the traditional …

2011年8月15日 · Unfortunately, the short answer is “no.” The U.S. Air Force reports that all of the XB-35s and the YB-49s were scrapped by 1953; Northrop’s beautiful flying wings today exist …

2018年5月22日 · The Northrop YB-49 “Flying Wing” bomber prototype flew flight tests with the Air Force for several years before a fatal crash and basic problems with the aircraft led to its …

2023年7月26日 · One such aircraft that pushed the boundaries of flight during its time was the Northrop YB-49, a futuristic flying wing developed in the post-World War II era. The YB-49’s …

2021年8月18日 · Northrop engineers quickly decided a one-third scale flying mockup could assist with finalizing details for the new bomber. With a 60-foot wingspan, the two Menasco C6S-4 …

In early 1948, my crew—copilot Danny and flight engineer William Cunningham—flew no. 368 from the Northrop factory in Hawthorne to Muroc to begin performance tests. Early tests …