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@DouglasHopkins11 ай бұрын
Where is snt Pruitt
@charlesodonnell299311 ай бұрын
I met Jack Northrop about three years before he died. I found him to be a friendly and talkative man.
@jgar61111 ай бұрын
There can be absolutely NO QUESTION of the genius of Jack Northrop. He was years ahead of his time, with an unmatched insight into the designs of powdred flight.
@Rockstago9 ай бұрын
This was such a tragic story. Jack Northrup feeling like his revolutionary design was a failure.... until computers could compensate for the Yaw issues of the flying wing. He left aviation feeling like his designs were a failure. BUT, later it was proven that he was just ahead of his time. I've heard that before his death, in violation of national security regulations, he was told that indeed his design would be the cutting edge of American bombers the country would adopt for future warfare. Better late than never I guess- I'm glad he knew before his death that his innovations were indeed state of the art and not failures-
@paulmoffat930611 ай бұрын
The YB-49 did NOT loose out to the B-36, it WON the competition. The YB-49 was rejected when Jack Northrup refused to merge his company with Convair (builders of the B-36) at the insistence of the Secretary for the Air Force. This was reveled in Clete Roberts' report and interview with Jack Northrup (I have a copy of the full report recorded).
@aandc20056 ай бұрын
yes and another thing that the government should never have done is they destroy all of those! There isn't a single one left.. Why???
@FiveCentsPlease3 ай бұрын
@@aandc2005 AF Secretary Stuart Symington ordered them all scrapped. Partly to punish Northrop for refusing to merge with Convair. Symington later took a nice job at Convair.
@gillmartin175811 ай бұрын
One of the neatest things in the original “War of the Worlds” movie was the use of colour footage of the flying wing supposedly dropping the a-bomb on the Martians. Excellent use of stock footage of this rare plane.
@aandc20056 ай бұрын
yes that was awesome footage so glad they used that in the movie! :)
@Sonormuseum11 ай бұрын
It's an absolute crime that they destroyed all the flying wings. At least one should have been preserved for the Air Force museum. The B2 proves Jack Northrop was on the right track.
@nikolaus268810 ай бұрын
Granted, they should have kept one. But if the B2 proves one thing, it's that the problem of keeping a flying wing controllable without sophisticated computers has yet to be solved.
@GTP2-zg9tn8 ай бұрын
@@nikolaus2688 Actually, the Horton Brothers solved that issue with the first Jet powered Flying Wing. The prototype ran circles around an ME 262. Project Paper Clip took a Horton Wing to America. And photographed the factory and its mass production line of flying wings.
@riconui522711 ай бұрын
I have to take issue with your comment at 8:12; suggesting Germany’s “success“ at bombing Britain. I’m not sure how you are defining success in this case. While the Luftwaffe’s campaign was destructive and terrorizing, by no measure was it a success. Neither strategically or tactically. And fell far short of diminishing the moral of the British themselves. So where is the success you mention? In fact the apparent “strategy of the Luftwaffe was run incompetently by Goehring, attacking RAF vital assets, and switched, by order of the other incompetent, der fuehrer himself, to bombing British cities. It allowed the RAF to regroup and hand Germany a loss in the Battle of Britain. Success? I think not.
@mpetry91211 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this one, some great vintage imagery. Sadly the N-9M was crashed several years ago. thanks for this !
@budwyzer7711 ай бұрын
34:20 "Now I know why God has kept me alive for the last 25 years." I *knew* this was coming. Hits me in the emotions every time I hear this story.
@ericbrammer224511 ай бұрын
The B-2 is within a few-inches of the XB-35/YB49 in- both Wingspan, AND Chord-length at the Outer spans! What Jack did-not-yet-have, was Reactive Fly-By-Wire Control. He was, simply ,6 decades Ahead of the complexity needed in Reactive Control of the flaps. If he had that Computer-Driven control-surface manipulation, we'd be using the flying wings as Airliners for, oh a half-century by now. The Horten Brothers, somehow, did a bit better that Northrop, by making Gliders first, then adapting those to use Engines, some of which were early Jets. Those were 'skittish' in Yaw, but didn't seem to have the 'flip-stall' issue that Northrop's wings tended towards. Those combined 'issues' have been figured out now in the B-2, X-47, and B-21 planes we now have.
@MTO_3589Ай бұрын
I find it strange that the German prototypes of the Horton Ho 229 were not even mentioned here, although it is known that these prototypes and the blueprints were the template for Northrop to build its own flying wing prototypes with jet engines such as the YB 49 flying wing.
@Joe-ss9isАй бұрын
Northrop began experiments and research into flying wings in the 1920s, way before the Ho229 was actually a thing. It would be better to say that the 229 was more of a contemporary rather than an inspiration for the YB-49 since the 49 was developed from the YB-35
@DronescapesАй бұрын
You might also want to learn about Captain Geoffrey T. R. Hill. there is a lot to learn from his research (also considering who he also worked with!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2fJc5yOpLKpbq8
@jgar61111 ай бұрын
The Horton brothers were NOT ahead of Northrop. The two programs develop simultaneously with no knowledge of each other.
@aandc20056 ай бұрын
During the test phase of the B-2 they brought Jack (in his late 80's and in a wheel chair) to a secret location(probably know where that is begins with a number 5)....they showed him a large model of the B2...Jack took the model with his hands shaking and said "Now I know why god has keep me alive so long.."..it took him his whole life to see his dream come true, those words mean so much to me and its something that I'll never forget
@frankhuston261611 ай бұрын
Amazing work done by these fine gentleman. Such great work done with craftsmanship a slide rule and a #4 pencil.
@jackaustin357611 ай бұрын
When Jack Northrop was shown the model of the first successful modern flying wing he cried with appreciation for his efforts....
@tcniel11 ай бұрын
Very true
@jollyjohnthepirate31689 ай бұрын
They got permission to show Jack the model of the B 2 Spirit bomber. Mr. Northrop had suffered a stroke and had lost the ability to speak. He cried when he saw what they pulled out of the box.
@ShornDunlevy11 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure the first flying wing designs were before Northrop but to be fair, he certainly did develop the design for much longer and with much more success than anyone else. While the Horton Ho229 looked interesting but I suggest might have been too much new technology employed into a single design. That the B2 proved it a good solution and we are now seeing the development of a second generation of military flying wing bombers shows that their is confidence in the design.
@amerigo8811 ай бұрын
The B-2 and B-21 are specialist, stealth aircraft. From what I understand, they are mostly functional due to complex modern computer systems that can compensate for the lack of a fuselage and tail. Meanwhile, practically all other modern aircraft continue to have a fuselage, a vertical tail, and wings. Most of the military ones are supersonic, unlike any of the flying wing designs. Only the stealth features kept the flying wing concept from being a complete dead end. Boy, they sure look cool though.
@whyjnot42011 ай бұрын
Have you seen proposed designs for the 6th gen stuff from the US? They all lack a conventional empennage. Stealth is just one reason for this. There are major aerodynamic benefits as well The reason why planes like the F-22 and F-35 have a conventional empennage is because they needed it for control reasons. That will likely not be the case for a lot of future aircraft as better control without conventional control surfaces become more and more developed. Also, basically every single *new* recent jet is a fly-by-computer setup, even in airframes that are inherently stable such as airliners. Fly-by-wire literally dates back to WW2 and iirc the F-16 in 1978 was the first military jet to use a fly-by-computer version of fly-by-wire. So this is going to be a feature of everything in the future. So that is a non-issue.
@amerigo8811 ай бұрын
@@whyjnot420 All true, but I was describing actual modern aircraft, as opposed to proposals. I'm no aerospace engineer though. From what I have observed, the flying wings are very niche as of 2024, much like 1947, although two designs are now deployed - in miniscule numbers. There were 21 B-2 Spirits produced with one crashed in Guam and another already in the USAF mega museum in Dayton, Ohio. Jack Northrop's vision of fleets of flying wings is likely decades away. It's a shame as they look so good.
@whyjnot42011 ай бұрын
@@amerigo88 X-47B. Yes it is one with an X designation, but it is far from a proposal. It has actually taken off and landed on a carrier. Note that this isn't simply an experiment. It was a tech demonstrator. Meant as both a practical real world test as well as to show how it could be utilized. This was a drone, but check out the Loyal Wingman program for the Air Force to see how they plan on utilizing similar drones alongside manned fighters. These (and things like I referenced in my first reply) are actually blended wing designs. The halfway point between a pure flying wing and a lifting body. You can think of them as an evolution of both. It is true that they are not pure flying wings but then again, neither was the YB-49 (the jet version of the YB-35) as it had vertical stabilizers. Keep in mind that a lifting body design is already the halfway point between a traditional design and a flying wing. So I would argue that they are more flying wing than not, though I will readily admit that they are not true flying wings (as I just did). food for thought: Would they look as good if they were ubiquitous? I would answer "No." As one of the reasons we love flying wings is because of how different they look. Most people don't even bother looking at where the engines are located in a plane, but they sure as hell can tell the difference between a B-52 and B-2. And just about everyone gets bored of the stuff they see all the time. Sure they would still look "good" just not as good.
@n1mogator11 ай бұрын
yep even the last ten years one can fly veris RC craftd cause of the advansment in tiac> GPS . u can actuly set gps in a model to take off and lans in a foot are so of programed spot [WOW]
@GTP2-zg9tn8 ай бұрын
The concept of Fly By Wire computer control was something learned from the study of Nature. Aeronautical Engineers all agree that a Bumble Bee CANNOT fly because of its poor design. Yet, not only can it fly in forward flight, but it can Hover and Fly Backwards too! And why? Because its brain allows it to. And they do NOT listen to Nay Saying engineers. Stealth craft using facets use Fly by Wire. Think of the F-117 Nighthawk. Back in the early days of the 20th Century, the Aeronautical Engineers of the day all said powered controlled forward flight was impossible. Because they all flunked badly. It took a couple of Bicycle Building brothers to show Mankind the way.
@Cam-q8w4x11 ай бұрын
Total legend keep up the good work son
@davidbaldwin159111 ай бұрын
Dig through YT for the flight tests, the Edwards crash, and behind the scenes disagreements before the cancellation of Northrop's Flying Wing. Explains much..
@paul-we2gf11 ай бұрын
Jack Northrup was allowed to see the B 2 at Edward's air force base .
@MrSpikebender10 ай бұрын
That blows me away that they such a modern design in 1929.
@robinwells887911 ай бұрын
Technology well ahead of its time and sadly ahead of fly by wire technologies time also, which would have made its inherent instability a positive advantage. B36 was an amazing stop gap but arguably only by way of its scale.
@Diemerstein11 ай бұрын
When you do a documentary on technology, you need to make sure the facts are facts. Not to take anything away from Jack Northrop, but he did not conceive the idea of a flying wing, Hugo Junker patented a flying wing design some 15 to 20 years before Northrop did. It wasn't just Germany, but Britain and several other nation were designing flying wings concepts as far back as 1908.
@garyhooper182010 ай бұрын
How many of these others were successfully built and flown ?
@Albstein9 ай бұрын
@@garyhooper1820 Horten Ho 229
@johnharris735311 ай бұрын
It has been an amazing journey. And it continues!
@tcniel11 ай бұрын
When I was working at a local Naval Air Station I went to a private briefing regarding Jack Northrop, during his retirement, his former company leadership treated him with a disrespect that was not deserved, I was surprised at that behavior. It did work out but only because some government personnel intervened in his last days.
@ztoob889811 ай бұрын
Seeing that promo for the concept of a flying-wing airliner, I had to laugh when I saw the picture-windows. "Watch the world below!" Acrophobes would crap their pants. There's a big difference between looking out a window beside you and looking down past your feet to the ground. Heck, I'm not acrophobic in the least, and it gave me a bit of a start. A bit of trivia about Glen Edwards: he was warned by one of his fellow test pilots NOT to stall the YB-49. I saw in interview with that pilot, and he said once the wing stalls, it flips nose-over-tail. He was only able to recover by applying full power to the engines on one side while idling the others. That put the aircraft in a recoverable state, but it was a narrow escape from certain death. But Edwards had stall-testing on the schedule, so that's what he did, unfortunately. (The problem persists to this day: stalling a flying wing is very nearly unrecoverable. Because of this, the fly-by-wire system on the B-2 simply does not allow a stall to occur in the first place.)
@michaelmcclary80549 ай бұрын
My belts are on the kitchen counter. Mike
@dovardross733611 ай бұрын
My friends and I saw the flying wing flying when we attended 118th Street Elementary School (Los Angeles) in late 1940. I guess it had taken off or was landing at Hawthorne airport. We didn't know the significance of the flying wing at that time. But we looked up to count how many ket planes we saw during the day 😮
@chrislong393811 ай бұрын
When I first saw a B-2 in person at an air show at Jeffco airport back in '99 or so, all I could think was that everyone in the USA should be able to have one, just as a benefit of being an American!!! ;-) God, it's a beautiful plane!!!
@USAmerican1009 ай бұрын
Glen Edwards pulled the wings off the YB-49. Pulled too many G's during a stall recovery. Inexperienced test pilot.
@USAmerican1009 ай бұрын
15:15 ERROR. B-35 wing had same payload at long range as B-36. B-35 wing had higher speed, climb, and ceiling than first B-36 models.
@enscroggs11 ай бұрын
23:10 That B-36 seems to be carrying a B-58 airframe minus the engines and probably a lot more. Does anyone know the story here?
@HughBond-kx7ly11 ай бұрын
Yeah I noticed the de engines B58 slung underneath too, maybe they were towing it to the junkyard .
@JasonWolfeYT11 ай бұрын
The B36 was always soooo silly. We just dropped the bomb on Japan. Nuclear weapons don't have to be that heavy to deal tremendous damage. Why would you ever need more than 10,000 pounds of carrying capacity to deliver nuclear weapons?
@n1mogator11 ай бұрын
Hope all the info here! is wright. cause this is one of the most informative docs i v seem ! and iv seen a ton.
@Sacto165411 ай бұрын
It was a interesting idea at the time, but frankly, the poor yaw stability of the plane and the fact it was nearly 100 mph slower than the B-47 _Stratojet_ even with the XB-49 jet vesrion pretty much doomed the idea at the time. It wasn't until modern fly-by-wire systems became available that flying wing design was made viable again with the B-2 bomber.
@hattrick221911 ай бұрын
I was aware of the yaw problems. Didn't realize it was so slow.
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt10 ай бұрын
I thought that one of the ideas is that the propeller behind everything is in slower air and hence even a propeller version can be as fast as a jet. And on a pusher bigger propellers mean more jaw stability and not less like when you pull on pods in front of the wings or -- shudder -- pull on the nose. I want to see a ( RC model ) with blades / fins on a rail that move on the trailing edge outwards / backwards, than rotate into horizontal orientation on the tip and in this orientation move back inside the wing. Slow movement to avoid transonic flow. No tips in faster than the sound. It sucks away bubbles on take-off to prevent stall. So actually, I want an RC model which flies high and fast .. touching transonic. The flying chain-saw.
@mrmikes455311 ай бұрын
I knew about this 1st flying wing? Was it stable to fly? The B-117 wasn't all that stable at 1st until they fixed the computer issues.
@petergunn5515 ай бұрын
please stop using multichannel codecs for processing mono audio. some of the audio in the last segment is awful.
@USAmerican1009 ай бұрын
25:30. B-36 could not originally carry atomic or hydrogen bombs. They had to go back to the factory twice for bomb bay modifications to carry them.
@groomlake5111 ай бұрын
Will we ever see a Swing Wing, flying wings???
@albertorafaelcisnerosperfe489910 ай бұрын
Awesome
@KevinLee-mv9sf7 ай бұрын
Gorgeous
@JasonWolfeYT11 ай бұрын
How did he possibly get the control surfaces to work in 1947 without modern microprocessors and software? You need computer assistance to keep a tailless plane like that in bounds. EDIT: okay I kept watching more. Right, the wing crashed because the wing isn't stable enough to work without computerized assistance. Instability when aided by computers is a good thing. It worked great on the F16. But sadly for Northrop there is no way you can make a wing work in 1947.
@ColKorn196511 ай бұрын
My dad worked on B-36's and was under Curtis LeMay
@anthonycurr316111 ай бұрын
I think it likely that an experimental flight of these was what Kenneth Arnold saw in 1947 The Horten types were known for instability in pitch which would accord with Arnold's "piepans skipping across water" observation Also the similar DH108 killed its pilot Geoffrey de Haviland Jr due to violent pitch oscillation.
@Jon642911 ай бұрын
I wonder how many of these aviation legends would not get their resume past the guard bots of HR today
@amplify180211 ай бұрын
I saw it fly once North Las Vegas like no profile even from the ground till it banked looked like a sci fi movies too cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@anthonycurr31612 ай бұрын
I ingot any idea why they melted them down
@USAmerican1009 ай бұрын
YB-49 was not unstable, Northrop installed a yaw damper on it nicknamed "little Herbert". An early version of today's computer stabilization. According to test pilot Charles Tucker it was "rock solid". It met all USAF requirements. Problem was US had little money in late 1940's, Boeing and Convair had much more capable salesmen.
@pcowdrey11 ай бұрын
What do you do if you want to see down? Roll inverted? I love the comedy. =PC=
@firstamendmentpress11 ай бұрын
Forbes AFB, now Forbes Field, in Topeka Kansas was named in honor of Maj Daniel Forbes, who was killed with Maj, Glenn Edwards
@jgar61111 ай бұрын
Actually, the yaw problems of the YB49 were solved by using a Norton bomb site as a yaw damper. The main reason the program for the YB49 was cancelled was because of the stealth characteristics of the airframe. It is why they wete ALL SCRAPPED by the military. It was too big of a risk to the destabilization of the cold war. Did you kkow that Jack Northrop presented the flying wing airframe design to NASA to be evaluated? Thats why it came back. The military knew what they had but the world wasn't ready for it
@groomlake5111 ай бұрын
Jack won in the end!!😎 6th gen jets proved that!!!🙏🏻
@usa35266 ай бұрын
He had a blank check which also helps
@johnhagemeyer857811 ай бұрын
Dr. Lippisch did alot of work on delta wing aircraft early durring Germans re-armament in the 20's and 30's.
@cmdrbudman1ao58011 ай бұрын
So... who are E Lambert and J Key?
@robertpatrick335010 ай бұрын
Fascinating however it misses out the other programmes to produce flying wings. It’s a missed opportunity as it identifies that other talented design team found solving the stability issues difficult eg the well known Hortens and the less well known Armstrong Whitworths (fortunately their prototypes included ejector seats which saved the life of the pilot in their 1st jet prototype). The flying wing concept was a dead end for both the Germans and British as it didn’t fit their geographic or strategic needs which could be met by more conventional designs whereas there was a compelling argument for the US.
@pcowdrey11 ай бұрын
I don't hear anything about stall or spin tests. Probably for good reasons. =PC=
@TreyWait11 ай бұрын
The yellow flying wing shown in the video, the sole remaining Northrop flying wing, crashed and burned in 2019.
@jamesvermillion515111 ай бұрын
The XB-35 was a far more efficient Aircraft, had the contra-rotating drive system been perfected. The YB-49 would have never existed. The M9N @ chino has unfortunately crashed and been destroyed. With the lack of Nor-crafters, never flew again. I have many differences between history and this video. I will reference "The Wing Will Fly", a Discover Channel documentary. Lies are lies, and yes , I call you out for yours.
@thanksfernuthin11 ай бұрын
He may have been inspired to study aeronautics by birds but he didn't get the flying wing idea from them. Traditional aircraft are inspired by birds. Cockpit, fuselage, tail and two wings.
@richardstaples862110 ай бұрын
'Four 12,000 hp engines' at 17.00?
@hiddentruth198211 ай бұрын
The flying wing got it's start in ww 2 Germany and the Horton's. They made the first radar deflecting plane, though it wasn't that great. Called the Horton Ho 229. There is one in the Smithsonian.
@Leon_der_Luftige11 ай бұрын
It was not stealth. It didn't start with the Hortens. It didn't start in WW2.
@hiddentruth198211 ай бұрын
@@Leon_der_Luftige It was made with radar repellant glue so the attempt at stealth was there.
@Leon_der_Luftige11 ай бұрын
@@hiddentruth1982 No, it was not an attempt of stealth. It was a coincidence. Wanna know why? Because they never mentioned anything the like when the cold war started getting interesting despite Reimar Horten actually being desperate for an employer. If he knew what he was doing, why didn't he claim any expertise concerning stealth? Watch "Military Aviation History"'s video on the Ho229, please. It is going to clear everything up.
@hiddentruth198211 ай бұрын
@@Leon_der_Luftige watch the video dark skies put out on it. You have to think that they wouldn't want it being public about any form of stealth abilities during the cold war as it would be something they wouldn't want the Russians knowing about. There was a lot of information that wasn't made public and still isn't today.
@ruskiwaffle199111 ай бұрын
Even with the design, the 229 was only less stealthier than a 109 in terms of RCS. Northrop engineers tested the RCS by making a mockup made from the same materials as the 229 and saw that the design chosen by the Horten bros didn't make much of a difference.
@TexanUSMC808911 ай бұрын
Maybe that was the flying saucer they were seeing in the 50's.
@Tonka8106111 ай бұрын
If the B2 is so invisible, then why has it been canceled, regardless of cost?
@Sammy-ty1wz10 ай бұрын
The house I own was originally owned by the wife (widow) of Major Glenn Forbes, who died in the flying wing at Edwards AFB.
@michaelmcclary80549 ай бұрын
This Monstrosity never fired a shot in anger!- Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College & GSU😢
@jlsracing99711 ай бұрын
The demand to merge with Convair and his denial to do so is what doomed the company. Stuart Simington had the contract cancelled and all the wings were chopped up and destroyed. Alot of things point to the crash of the YB-49 as sabotage Just think of how much more advanced our aviation could have been it not for Simington and the crash.
@usa35266 ай бұрын
Pretty sad that the first use of the B2 bombed Serbia against international law.
@lavoltare63076 күн бұрын
The flying wing was originally designed by the Germans the Horten HO 229.
@Dronescapes5 күн бұрын
Not really...Read all the informed comments before yours.
@ThomasSmith-os4zc8 ай бұрын
Who and what was afraid of the Flying Wing? The destruction of all of the planes makes you question the decision?
@rockrollandfunk269110 ай бұрын
The audio, very bad!
@mikeklinger171211 ай бұрын
The main government decision maker that cancelled the flying wing ended up working for the convair people after politics! But I'm sure it wasn't political that cancelled the wing! 😂
@nilo7011 ай бұрын
Murr - Ock 😊
@HughBond-kx7ly11 ай бұрын
Well what came first the chicken or the egg?
@guidokuhn127511 ай бұрын
Greetings Greetings ◇ Well next to the emerging Airships ~●~ Interest!@! Northrop should take a renewed Interest in the flying Wing Commercial proposal also!@!
@pacomb11 ай бұрын
What about Horten wing planes?? No mention?? What a partial documentary!!!
@chrisnewport78269 ай бұрын
Funny how crewman misses flight that crashed then quickly got dead in an accident. Funny.
@gilesleggett11 ай бұрын
What about the Horton Brothers and their flying wing?
@Aengus4211 ай бұрын
Shhhh... Tumbleweeds! Because Northrop is the American stand-in for the true inventor of the flying wing. It's an American disease of isolationist education & outlook plus telling its populace that they're the best country ever! They need to appropriate inventions from other countries just to bolster themselves. No one notices because who reads about foreigners? Or "Who reads?" might be closer to the truth. For 5% of the Earth's population you seem to have invented so much! And no-one outside your boundaries believes a fraction of it! M Read the Miles M.52 story & you'll see how they do it with help from the wealthiest Home for the Elderly, the Senate.
@tenkloosterherman11 ай бұрын
US flying wing designs owe a lot to German WW2 research, the Me163 Komet being the most spectacular example of an actual combat aircraft. Horten also did a lot of research. I understand Jack Northrop was shown the B-2 prototype as a late tribute to his work.
@USAmerican1009 ай бұрын
17:40 ERROR! No B-35's crashed! What dummy wrote this script?
@daviscampbell902011 ай бұрын
See the hortons werent the only ones.
@wessmith2711 ай бұрын
Please🙏🙏🙏🙏
@1208bug11 ай бұрын
👍
@trance915811 ай бұрын
Horten brothers had the first flying wing before Northrup ever did
@Legion-xq8eo11 ай бұрын
I doubt that, Northrop was working on his at the very beginning of ww2!! In fact his first one was prop driven!! Maybe Horton came up with the idea around the same time or shortly after but Northrop was first and wasn’t just a drawing.
@trance915811 ай бұрын
@@Legion-xq8eo the Horten brothers had flying wings that could be flown before the end of WW2. After the Americans captured and sent them to the states one of our top test pilots even flew one.
@ToddBrooks-o5m11 ай бұрын
Slither back under your rock now .
@trance915811 ай бұрын
@@ToddBrooks-o5m go play in the road and make yourself useful for once in your life
@matthewhenderly523611 ай бұрын
Not correct. Northrop’s designs were the Horton brothers inspiration.
@micheal4911 ай бұрын
B-36 was NOT a boondoggle it made Symington (and friends) a few hundred million dollars, just as it was designed to do.
@MichaelDembinski11 ай бұрын
What - NO mention of the B-21 Raider? Not even the weeniest of mentions?
@sharzadgabbai440811 ай бұрын
Hortens were supporting Adolf. Allied aircraft- invented by the WRIGHT brothers Destroyed theLuftwaffe and would have blown the katzenjammer kids flying thing out of the air too.
@TomBelsey-ru7td11 ай бұрын
Ducati
@Dronescapes11 ай бұрын
They make nice motorcycles
@wilfredmay-u9f11 ай бұрын
have you forgotten rhe Horten brothers ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
@Dronescapes11 ай бұрын
Read the comments before yours (and the redundant ones as well)
@wilfredmay-u9f11 ай бұрын
you are not answering my question., nor do i understand redundent ones.@@Dronescapes
@Dronescapes11 ай бұрын
Read other people's comments, you comment is repetitive. If you read them, you could have simply added your opinion to a discussion.
@stuartcrane940911 ай бұрын
Hoten Brothers inspired B2! It wasn’t American ingenuity
@rocketshipsoapys11 ай бұрын
copied from the Horten brothers.
@FiveCentsPlease3 ай бұрын
+@rocketshipsoapys Northrop began building his YB-35 wing in 1941, long before the Horten brothers were given any permission to design their prototypes.
@dennis-nz5im9 ай бұрын
12000hp is max 4300 .
@kolloduke334111 ай бұрын
😂 warriors ? Haha how ? From thousands of feet up ? Not exactly taking on a WARRIOR with a big axe or sword 🤔 laughable ...
@BrianJ00111 ай бұрын
Horton brothers were years ahead of Northrop
@PortsmouthCherokee10 ай бұрын
Germany was the first to create and fly the wing. Not northrup hrumman
@robertweeks424011 ай бұрын
great video ... absolutely awful ads... evony pc game has the worst ads!
@Dronescapes11 ай бұрын
Sorry for that, YT picks the ads you see
@robertweeks424011 ай бұрын
@@Dronescapes no apologies necessary i understand but YT has a way of farting up great content!
@DeAlpineBro11 ай бұрын
Wow! The flying wing is something Elon Musk can claim as his invention! We can expect a white paper on it soon.
@Dronescapes11 ай бұрын
😂
@geraldito777711 ай бұрын
SO MUTCH CORRUPTION AND WASTING MONEY
@deanlonagan147510 ай бұрын
..this guy put Lukes lightsaber on NVidia and Darth whoevers on AMD?...XDDD..thats why AMD doesnt sell..and why games have low pop....