Aircraft described as flying wing have sparked the interest of designers since the early, pioneer years of aviation. This definition is used to describe aircraft with specific design solutions, allowing for resignation from conventional vertical and horizontal empennage and primarily from a conventional fuselage. Virtually the whole airframe comprises only the wing, housing both the cockpit and powerplant. A sub-group of flying wings is tailless aircraft, differing from the traditional designs only in lack of horizontal ...
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Aircraft described as flying wing have sparked the interest of designers since the early, pioneer years of aviation. This definition is used to describe aircraft with specific design solutions, allowing for resignation from conventional vertical and horizontal empennage and primarily from a conventional fuselage. Virtually the whole airframe comprises only the wing, housing both the cockpit and powerplant. A sub-group of flying wings is tailless aircraft, differing from the traditional designs only in lack of horizontal empennage.
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Add this copy of Horten Ho 229 (Monographs Special Edition in 3d) to cart. $325.00, like new condition, Sold by Gold Country Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sacramento, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Kagero.
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As New. 8.5 x 1 x 11.8 inches. pp. 280. New, unmarked. light bump bottom edge (not visible). Illustrated study, with 3D drawings, of the Horten Ho 229, a highly advanced Luftwaffe aircraft developed late in World War II. Designed by Germany's Horten brothers, the Ho 229 was the world's first jet-powered flying wing aircraft. Only three prototypes were completed. In 2018, the only surviving Horten Ho 229 (central section) was placed on display in the main hall of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, alongside other WWII German aircraft. (Kagero Book 96004). // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.
Add this copy of Horten Ho 229 (Monographs Special Edition in 3d) to cart. $325.00, like new condition, Sold by Maxwell's House of Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from La Mesa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Kagero.
