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Northrop YB-49 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered flying wing heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Air Force shortly after World War II. Northrop also claimed to have covered for Symington, lying under oath during a congressional hearing into Convair unfair advantage in 1949 because he was fearful of reprisals had he told the truth. Stock footage of a YB-49 in flight appeared in The War of the Worlds (1953 film) to represent the height of human technological development at the time. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northrop_YB-49

John Knudsen Northrop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia While working at this company, Northrop focused on the flying wing design, which he was convinced was the next major step in aircraft design. In 1928, Northrop struck out on his own, founding the Avion Corporation, which Northrop was forced to sell to United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1930. Northrop's first job in aviation was in working for Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company (laterLockheed Corporation) in 1916. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Northrop

Northrop YB-35 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Northrop YB-35 (Northrop NS-9) was an experimental heavy bomber aircraft. During WWII Northrop had been commissioned to develop a large wing-only long-range bomber (XB-35) based on photographs of the Horten's record-setting glider from the 1930's, but their initial designs suffered controllability issues that were not resolved until after the war. The B-35 was the brainchild of Jack Northrop, who made the flying wing the focus of his work during the 1930s. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northrop_B-35

Northrop Corporation Northrop had resigned from Douglas on January 1, 1938, and left the business a bitter man, declaring that he was done with the aircraft industry. Northrop finally had the financial resources and facilities to enable him to pursue his interest in research and development and more specifically, in the flying wing. Northrop had no desire to return to the Midwest, so he exercised a clause in his contract and quit UATC rather than relocate. www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Northrop/Aero40.htm

Aerospaceweb.org Aircraft Museum - YB-49 and YRB-49 Northrop was then contracted to convert another of the XB-35 airframes into the YRB-49 spy plane prototype. Jack Northrop, a long-time believer in the potential of tailless aircraft and flying wings, had begun experimenting with such craft in the late 1920s. However, Jack Northrop's vision was finally realized in the 1980s when the Air Force unveiled the B-2 stealth bomber. www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/bomber/yb49

Northrop Yb-49 Northrop también demandó haber cubierto para Symington, mintiendo bajo juramento durante una audiencia del congreso en la ventaja injusta de Convair en 1949 porque él era temeroso de represalias lo tenía informó la verdad. Esta interpretación fue aprovisionada de combustible más a fondo cuando Gato Northrop hizo estas acusaciones directamente en una entrevista de televisión registrada en 1979, no mucho antes de que su muerte en 1981. Se sugiere más a fondo que cuando Northrop rechazado, Symington arregló la cancelación del avión. www.yotor.net /wiki/es/no/Northrop%20Yb49.htm

Howstuffworks "How Flying Wings Will Work" Northrop began improving on the N-1M and developed the XB-35 and YB-35, both of which were propeller-powered flying wings. Later, Northrop's company was one of those contracted by the U.S. Army Air Corps to build a longer-range bomber during World War II. The flying-wing design would be resurrected in the 1980s with the development of the B-2 stealth bomber, which was also built by Northrop Grumman. www.howstuffworks.com /flying-wing1.htm

Northrop N-9M -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The (United States biochemist (1891-1987)) Northrop N-9M was a one-third scale development aircraft for the (Click link for more info and facts about Northrop B-35) Northrop B-35 (Click link for more info and facts about flying wing) flying wing bomber. Northrop N-9M -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article On October 30, (Click link for more info and facts about 1941) 1941, the preliminary order for development of the B-35 was confirmed, including engineering, testing, and — most importantly — a 60 ft wingspan 1/3-scale aircraft designated the N-9M by the company that was to be used in gathering data on performance. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/No/Northrop_N-9M1.htm

Aircraft: Northrop YB-35B (YB-49) I design bombers and every single bomber I have designed is based on the YB-49s idea. I design bombers and every single bomber I have designed is based on the YB-49's idea. If Jack Northrop had thought of these wonder bombers a few years earlier, they wouldnt have been caught in the transformation from props to jets, then the Americans would have listened. aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/northrop/yb-35b.htm

Edwards YB-49 Perhaps it is fair to say that Northrop’s design concepts were solid, but the means to implement them were still several decades away. opular folklore among aviation enthusiasts holds that Northrop’s futuristic Flying Wing was a wonder plane which was smothered in its cradle — a jet-powered marvel of fantastic performance which could have revolutionized postwar aviation "if only" it had been given a fair chance. The fact that the plane was canceled amid rumors of high-level conspiracy, and replaced by the more conventional — if equally awesome — B-36, only added to the legend. www.edwards.af.mil /history/docs_html/aircraft/yb-49.html

B-49 Flying Wing The Northrop YB-49 was the jet-propelled variant of the company's XB-35 bomber. The Northrop Corp. proposed a modification to the YB-49 Flying Wing bomber, called the YRB-49A. In May 1948, Capt. Glen W. Edwards was selected to join the team of test pilots and engineers at Muroc who were then evaluating the Northrop YB-49, the all-jet version of the exotic flying wing bomber. www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/b-49.htm

AMT/Ertl 1:72 Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing As Northrop developed the X/YB-35 Flying Wing for a specification issued by the US Army Air Forces, two things were happening. Reluctantly, Jack Northrop added small fins to the wing, disrupting its "pure" flying wing form, but it didn't help stability (a problem that wouldn't be overcome until the B-2 Stealth Bomber took off.) Also, the jet engines of the day were large and inefficient, which reduced its payload and range. First, the specification became obsolete, as the fall of England to Germany didn't happen, and second, the jet age arrived. airmodeller.tripod.com /72UsaYb49.htm

Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing - SC-1040 The YB-49 was born when Northrop modified two YB-35's to jet power, the first one flying on October 21, 1947. Many complimentary reports on the YB-49 were filed by Air Force officers, and the service was convinced of the advantages of the all-wing configuration, but in June 1948 the second YB-49 was destroyed with the loss of its five man crew in a crash attributed to structural failure. All images, pictures and descriptions are the property of Scalecraft.com and may not be used without permission. www.scalecraft.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=126

CONK! Encyclopedia: Edwards_Air_Force_Base On January 27, 1950, the base was renamed after Glen Edwards, who died while testing a prototype Northrop YB-49. Originally known as the Muroc Army Air Field, the base was renamed in 1950 in memory of test pilot Glen Edwards, who died while testing the Northrop YB-49. The first 2,000 ft-long track was constructed by Northrop in 1944 near what is currently the North Base. www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Edwards_Air_Force_Base

Northrop Grumman - Our Heritage The Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, a futuristic experimental jet bomber, was designed by Jack Northrop in the late 1940s and was the precursor for the design of the B-2 Stealth Bomber. The companies that became part of today’s Northrop Grumman achieved historic accomplishments, from transporting Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic to carrying astronauts to the moon’s surface and back. Northrop delivers the first fighter to the U.S. Air Force in 1964. www.northropgrumman.com /heritage

Aircraft: Northrop YB-49 , BC I worked at Northrop in Hawthorne between 1952 and 1966 and though this was some time after the YB-35 and YB-49 programs, those airplanes lived in the very air you breathed in that plant. I feel there should be a monument erected at the site for the crew of the YB-49 even though it is on private land. Northrop was "a good place to work." Those were great days. aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/northrop/yb-49.htm

Histoire des ailes volantes de "Jack" Northrop Le Northrop YB-49 octoréacteur, le premier avion furtif Américain. Northrop abandonna son idée initial de saumons abaissés, qui lui était peut-être venue en regardant évoluer les oiseaux. Remarqué par les deux frères, le jeune Northrop fut rapidement intégré à l'équipe et rebaptisé "ingénieur maison". www.jp-petit.com /Ailes_volantes/Northrop.htm

Northrop B-35 El B-35 era el brainchild de Gato Northrop, que hizo el ala del vuelo el enfoque de su trabajo durante los años 30 y con éxito desarrolló y voló el avión de la investigación de este tipo. En el mismo tiempo, Northrop negociaba con el Glenn L. Martin Company para emprender realmente la producción en masa del B-35, pues propias instalaciones de producción de Northrop no eran suficientes para la tarea. English version: Northrop B-35 Next: Petro Georgiou Up www.yotor.net /wiki/es/no/Northrop%20B35.htm

Flying Wing The Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing was a jet-powered flying wing bomber with a maiden flight of October 21, 1947. Throughout its history, the YB-49 design had stability difficulties and a series of accidents, which eventually led to the termination of the program. At Muroc Air Force Base, CA, in 1948, Air Force Major Daniel Forbes, co-pilot Captain Glenn Edwards, and the entire crew were killed while test flying a YB-49. www.lerc.nasa.gov /WWW/K-12/aerosim/LessonHS97/FlyingWing.html

Northrop YB-49 Northrop test pilots flew the first YB-49 for almost 200 hours, accumulated in some 120 flights. On January 4, 1949, the Air Force ordered Northrop to fly 42-102367 from Muroc AFB to Washington DC for a military air display at Andrews AFB. It departed Muroc on February 9, 1949, and when it landed at Andrews it had set a new transcontinental speed record of 4 hours and 20 minutes for the 2258-mile flight, averaging 511.2 mph. home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b49_1.html

v05.n277 The YRB-49A-NO '42-102376', Northrop Model NS-41, was the tenth YB-35, modified to have 4 jet engines in the wing, and 2 jet engines in under-wing pods, and flew for the first time on 05/04/1950. The very short clip showed one of the two jet powered Northrop YB-49, used to depict a bomber attacking the Martians with a nuclear bomb -- which failed. The YB-49 (see below) was a jet-engined version of the Northrop YB-35. www.netwrx1.net /skunk-works/v05.n277

The "Supercruiser" Issue 97-09 Northrop was able to pursue various flying wing and tailless aircraft designs during this period. Now the Northrop Corporation, its entry into the supersonic age would be the bread and butter of the corporation for many years to come. In 1980 Northrop Corp. was well into the B-2 project that very few would know about for many years to come. www.wmof.com /sc9709.htm

Deep Black: Stealth Aircraft Technology B-2 Combat Tactics Northrop Chief Test Pilot Bruce Hinds and Air Force Col. Richard Couch, director of the B-2 Combined Test Force, make the first flight of the Northrop B-2A advanced technology bomber, flying from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, to the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB. In fact, it was the extraordinary precision of JDAMs delivered in 49 B-2 sorties during all types of weather that more than any other factor convinced experts a new era of warfare might be dawning. Northrop and the Air Force roll out the B-2 stealth bomber at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. www.danshistory.com /b2.shtml

Northrop YB-49: The first jet-powered flying wing bomber - decades ahead of the B-2! The Northrop YB-49 was the jet-propelled variant of the XB-35 bomber. Northrop YB-49: The first jet-powered flying wing bomber - decades ahead of the B-2! An airborne dream way ahead off its time... www.airbornegrafix.com /HistoricAircraft/FlyingWings/YB49.htm

The U.S. Aircraft Industry Pape, Gary R. and Campbell, John M. Northrop's Flying Wings:  A History of Jack Northrop's Visionary Aircraft, Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer, 1995. The company's engineers included the talented Jack Northrop, who later founded his own plane-building firm. In 1954, the Air Force launched a major push toward rockets of intercontinental range, able to carry a hydrogen bomb to Moscow. www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/AeroOV1.htm

SFTE Video Library The Northrop YB-49 was America’s first jet powered flying wing. The definitive story of Jack Northrop and his quest for the perfect flying machine. Almost 40 years later Jack Northrop’s dream came to life again in the B-2 flying wing bomber. www.boeing.com /special/sfte/pages/videos.htm

YB-49 Specimen The YB-49 program was eventually dropped in favor of the B-36 because, among other things, it could not carry the heavy atomic weapons of the era. The maiden flight of this massive brainchild of designer Jack Northrop was on October 21, 1947. Jack Northrop's Flying Wing was a revolutionary design for its day. www.check-six.com /Specimens/yb49page.htm

YB-49 Crash Site Flight testing the YB-49 and the early days at Northrop, from Air&Space Magazine. We can now conclude that not only did the wing tips separate from the YB-49, but the center section also sustained major in-flight structural damage. www.xb-70.com /wmaa/yb49

High-speed aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/7-scale model of the Northrop YB-49 airplane Tests were conducted to find the effects of compressibility on the longitudinal stability and control of a 1/7-scale semispan model of the Northrop YB-49 airplane. High-speed aerodynamic characteristics of a 1/7-scale model of the Northrop YB-49 airplane Lift, drag, pitching moment, and elevon hinge moments were measured and are presented in graphical form. naca.larc.nasa.gov /reports/1947/naca-rm-a7c13

Charles H. LaFountain Gladys Taylor of Glens Falls, N.Y. Charles LaFountain died during the test flight of a Northrop YB-49 that crashed June 5, 1948 at Muroc Air Field, CA. www.geocities.com /altrav_route/charles_lafountain.html

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