This Stealth Bomber Prototype Flew in 1947 - It Was America's First Flying Wing: the YB-49 | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69153735 United States 12/14/2019 11:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | YB-49 was cool too bad it didn't go operational! Next to it is the B-36 just look at the massive size of this bomber! Amazing we could put either of these 2 planes in the sky only 50 years ish after the wright brothers! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78251197 Greece 12/14/2019 12:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Pictured: the YB-49 Flying Wing prototype and stealth bomber inspiration vs. the Convair Peacemaker B-36 that was chosen for production over it. As early as 1938, Germany raised the concept of a long-range strategic bomber that could complete a round-trip of over 7,200 miles from Germany to strike at the heart of America. This “Amerikabomber” never left the prototype stage, but the threat it offered, especially in the event that Britain fell early in World War 2, was enough to spur the Americans to action. In 1941, the Army Air Corps awarded prototype contracts to develop its own strategic bomber capable of carrying 10,000 lbs of bombs on a round-trip of up to 10,000 miles. The immense engineering requirements called for the consideration of radical new aircraft designs, and the Northrop Corporation responded with a maximally-efficient flying wing structure. The entire surface of the aircraft would be engineered to create lift, eliminating the unnecessary weight and drag created by tail and fuselage components. The first propeller-driven concepts, the XB-35 and XB-36, only made it to the pre-production stage. Their successor, the jet-powered Northrop YB-49, would emerge with the striking appearance of a proto-stealth bomber... you copy 1944 germans [link to www.google.gr (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77867810 United States 12/14/2019 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's incredible how many technological breakthroughs the Germans conceived during the NS era. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 45204259 It was like a society right out of science fiction. We would be so much better off if they had won. The only reason the USA went to space and the moon was because of the Nazis. Same for the USSR. |