#flying wing

[lonestarflight]

Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing during the public unveiling to the press. It was powered by eight Allison J35-A-15 turbojet engines.

Date: September 29, 1947

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[nocternalrandomness]

13 Nov 1947 - First flight of the British Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 jet powered flying wing

[dronescapesvideos]

Northrop YB-49, 1948. One of the "Flying Wings".

➤➤ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Lw7yWRPmekI

[nelc]

Northrop YB-35, YB-49, and B-2 models

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Evolution of Northrop Flying Wing Bombers from the YB-35 to the B-21 Raider!

[misforgotten2]

I hope the pilot is more skilled than this artist.

[flyingprivate]

Custer CCW-5 "Channel Wing"

Image courtesy Joel Custer/Custer Family

[spaceintruderdetector]

https://archive.org/details/northrop-flying-wings/mode/2up

[siryl]

Ring Raiders #0 from Fleetway Comics. Cover art by Ian Kennedy.

[lonestarflight]

Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing in the latter stages of completion.

Date: August 1947

NARA B26424, B26423

[nocternalrandomness]

Artists concept of the German HO 229 V2 Bomber in flight

Only three of these aircraft were manufactured. Two gliders and one jet powered model. The glider version was the first to fly on March 1st 1944. The Horten HO 229 V2 made it's first powered maiden flight in December of 1944 and was destroyed in a crash after an engine failure on February 2, 1945.

[dronescapesvideos]

#Northrop XB-35 42-13603 in flight with early contra-rotating propellers

➤➤ NORTHROP'S FLYING WING - VIDEO: https://dronescapes.video/Northrop

[nelc]

[grayrazor]

So I finally found the 1930s conceptual airliner that inspired the giant seaplane flying wing in the Batman episode "Zatanna."

It's this beautiful monster, the "Airliner Number 4," designed by Norman Bel Geddes and Otto A. Koller in 1932.

[histrorybygosh]

XB-35

Crew: 9: pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator, engineer, radio operator, three gunners

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-45 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each mounted left and right outboard

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-47 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each mounted left and right inboard

Maximum speed: 391 mph (629 km/h, 340 kn)

Cruise speed: 240 mph (390 km/h, 210 kn)

Range: 7,500 mi (12,100 km, 6,500 nmi)

Service ceiling: 39,700 ft (12,100 m) (restricted to 20,000 ft (6,096 m) due to APU problems)

Guns: 20 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns in six remotely controlled turrets and one tail stinger

Bombs: 52,200 lb (23,678 kg) of bombs, maximum

[the-darkest-0f-stars]

As a flying wing, I hate it when I get wing shifts. It's uncomfortable because my wingspan is absurdly long and I get anxiety about being able to fit in certain places.

Full body shifts are worse because I'm practically incapable of movement for anywhere from minutes to hours at a time. Planes cannot move on their own terms, afterall.

Woe is me.

For context - I'm a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Bomber. I can't wait until I can escape this body some day, hopefully transhumanism can get to that point, and soon.