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Horten 2-29: The nazi stealth plane that could have changed WW2

  • 03-07-2009 8:51am
    #1
    Scruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,225 ✭✭✭


    This looks like an interesting documentary on one of those late WW2 Über planes the germans were developing. In a documentary for National Geographic a team from Northrop Grumman analyse the remains of the only surviving plane, reconstructed it, and tested its stealth capabilities.

    gizmodo link
    flight global link

    What i cant understand is why the remains of the last surviving original are still locked away in a u.s. government warehouse and not preserved and on display.


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  • #2
    FiSe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 821 ✭✭✭FiSe


    Horten wasn't the only project born in Germany during the WWII well ahead of its time.
    Probably the most famous is Me262, which could have changed the air war as far as back in late '42... but that's the story, I think, everybody know.

    Anyway, if you are interested in some other LW 1946 stuff there's the link:

    http://www.luft46.com/


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    the mosquito was made of wood too, how stealthy was it

    north korea used a lot of wooden biplanes at night during the korean war, their stealth had nothing to do with shape


    the transatlantic bomber was a pipe dream since they didn't have the raw material imports to provide engines reliable enough for the trip


  • #4
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Scruff wrote: »
    In a documentary for National Geographic a team from Northrop Grumman analyse the remains of the only surviving plane, reconstructed it, and tested its stealth capabilities...................What i cant understand is why the remains of the last surviving original are still locked away in a u.s. government warehouse and not preserved and on display.

    I'm going to the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles in a few weeks. They have a replica and I think some original parts on diplay there.


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