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The Northrop YB-49 was an American prototype jet-powered heavy bomber developed by Northrop Corporation shortly after World War II for service with the United States Air Force. [1] The YB-49 featured a flying wing design and was a turbojet-powered development of the earlier, piston-engined Northrop XB-35 and YB-35. The two YB-49s built were ...
The first YB-35 airframe jet-modified to a YB-49 completed all stall tests and even demonstrated recovery from a spin. It was later destroyed after the Flying Wing's forward landing gear strut and wheel collapsed after encountering high vibration during a highly unusual taxi test procedure made with the engine's fuel tanks full, causing a fire ...
March 15 – The last operational prototype of the United States Air Force's Northrop YB-49 jet-powered flying wing bomber is destroyed when its nose gear collapses during high-speed taxiing tests simulating takeoff runs at Muroc Air Force Base, California. The incident brings the YB-49 bomber program to an end, although the U.S. Air Force ...
During a long-range test flight that covers 3,528 miles (5,678 km) in 9½ hours over a round-robin course over California and Arizona at a true airspeed of 388 mph (624 km/h), the U.S. Air Force's first Northrop YB-49 jet-powered flying wing bomber prototype sets an endurance record for sustained flight above 40,000 feet (12,000 meters ...
Outfitted with additional flight performance measuring instruments after the loss of the second YB-49 on 5 June 1948, the first YB-49 (converted from the second YB-35), being operated by an Air Force crew, piloted by Major Russell E. Schleeh, [14] (1919–2012) [15] engaged in testing the stabilizer response during a high-speed taxi run ...
[55] [56] The FB-23 would have a two-seat cockpit and a similar planform shape as the F-23, but considerably larger in all dimensions to fulfill the bomber role with a combat radius of over 1,600 nautical miles (1,840 mi; 2,960 km). Northrop Grumman modified the YF-23 PAV-2 to serve as a display model for its proposed interim bomber.
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Though successful development of flying wings has often proved illusive, Northrop's designs proved feasibility, and the B-2 Stealth Bomber brought the configuration into production. Featured Aircraft: Northrop N-1M "Jeep" flying wing, Northrop YB-35 , Northrop YB-49 , Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber