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Horten Ho 229: Did Nazi Germany Build the First Stealth Plane?
The first notable flying wing was the Horten Ho 229, developed by Nazi Germany. -Although the jet fighter was incomplete by ...
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Why the Experimental Nazi Aircraft Known as the Horten Never Took Off
Though the Horten Ho 229 V3 never saw combat, reincarnations have taken flight in popular culture, such as the propeller-driven, Horten-style flying wing that appears in an airport fight scene in ...
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Restoring Germany’s Captured “Bat Wing”
But after a 2009 National Geographic Channel special aired, touting the Horten Ho 229 V3 flying wing’s “stealthy” characteristics and claiming it was stored in “a secret government ...