Flying wing
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Flying wing
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Title: Flying wing
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New tailless plane gets tests for use as fast pursuit ship
ABATLIKE PLANE with no fuselage
or tail surfaces and powered by
twin engines driving three-bladed push-
er propellers is the latest version of the
“Flying Wing” developed by the Nor-
throp Aircraft Company.
Unlike ordinary planes, the new Fly-
ing Wing has no drag created by fuse-
lage and engine cowling, which possess
no aerodynamic lift of their own. Be-
cause of this it is expected to have a
top speed well over 400 miles an hour.
Its controls are like those of a regu-
lar plane and pilots say that there is
nothing unusual about its management
in the air. Armed with twin gun tur-
rets on either side of the wing and prob-
ably other armament, the Flying Wing
offers something new in fighting planes.
The Northrop Company started build-
ing this strange plane two years ago
and since that time over two hundred
flights have been made. It was first
flown by Vance Breese, well-known test
pilot, and later by others under the
watchful eves of Air Corps officers.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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Eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1942-01
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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75
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Public domain
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Sami Akbiyik
Popular Science Monthly, v. 140, n. 1, 1942
