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Today in Aviation History: First flight of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing
On October 21, 1947, the Northrop YB-49 took its first flight and started a chain reaction of inspiration, setbacks, and ...
The once-forgotten flying wing has taken over the US's bomber fleet
Originally designed before America's entry into the Second World War, the YB-49 flying wing was intended to be America's ...
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This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB
One of four flying wings originally built in 1944 as test aircraft in support of the XB-35 and YB-35 experimental bombers developed for the U.S. Army Air Forces, the ultra-rare N-9M crashed at the ...