May 4, 1950 – Prototype reconnaissance platform Northrop YRB-49 A, makes its first flight.
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I would love to see pictures!
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The flying wing, the Germans developed a fly wing fighter prototype called The Horton 229
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Idek if this is true but I
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The jet wing! Did you fly it, General?
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Alas, Northrop's plane was about half a century ahead of the material science required to make it endure and the computer science required to make it behave. A genius!
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We should remember that when the first B-2 stealth bomber took flight, the crew carried with them a piece of the YB-49 that crashed and took the life of Major Glenn Edwards (as in, Edwards Air Force Base).
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