Designed and constructed by Northrop at Hawthorne, Calif, airplane represents first successful true flying wing; it has no tail surfaces or auxiliary surfaces and no fuselage; power plant and personnel are housed within contours of airfoil; two engines are buried in wing on either side of pilot's cockpit, driving pusher propellers through extension shafts. (See also Western Flying v 21 n 11 Nov 1941 p 40-2 and 56; Aero Digest v 39 n 5 Nov 1941 p 116, 118 and 121; Aviation v 40 n 12 Dec 1941 p 82-3, 184 and 202)


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    Title :

    Northrop's "Flying wing"


    Additional title:

    U S Air Services


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1941


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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