We all know a plane can’t fly without wings – but can wings fly without a body? A new fuselage-free “flying wing” prototype has proved that it can, and it made its global debut at Germany’s AERO ...
The Horten HX-2 is a rare, manned, and powered flying wing prototype, part of a category of aircraft that face challenges in large commercial applications but show promise in military, UAV, and ...
The Horten Ho 229 was a radical late war German fighter bomber built around a tailless flying wing layout and twin jet ...
The Horten Ho 229 V3 awaits restoration at the National Air and Space Museum's Garber facility. NASM David Bull, of Sacramento, California, asks when the Air and Space Museum plans to restore the ...
Click to open image viewer. In 1943 the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 ('aitch-oh-two-two-nine') promised spectacular performance and the German air force (Luftwaffe) chief, Hermann Göring, ...
The blended wing traces its heritage back to famed flying wing designer Reimar Horten. Horten Aircraft debuted its flying wing prototype, the HX-2, at Aero Friedrichshafen after beginning flight ...