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Horten ho IX

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The Horten 9 was the most adapted german war plane. It was a flying wing, and could reach 1000km/h, it was armed with 2 30mm Rheinmetall Borsig MK 108 cannons and , as found out recently, invisible for radar, if she flies 15 meters above the ground. Its stealth techniques would give it a huge advantage against any allied fighter. Only 3 were built, one crashed and the third one the V3 was captured and then brought to the USA where it was the shown to scientists. Northrop Grumman developed their own flying wing -the X35and Yb 49, which were based on the Horten 9 and from them evolved the B2 Spirit. Many advanced German fighter planes were stolen by the winners of the war and used the technical developments of those fighters were used for the following planes like the F86 sabre and Mig 15 which were based on the ta 183 Huckebein or hunshback. However the Horten V3 still waits in the basements of the Smithsonian institution for her rebuilt like many other planes. If the Horten 9 would have been built in greater numbers it could have changed the war, but the end of the war prevented it to enter mass production of this beatiful aircraft. It had two jet engines the jumo 004. It was designed by the Horten brothers and a bigger version, the Horten 18 was planned to bomb America. This giant flying wing should be finished in 1946/47.
Image size
3648x2736px 3.6 MB
Make
PENTACON
Model
PENTACON DCZ 10.4
Shutter Speed
1/38 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Mar 18, 2009, 1:03:50 PM
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