Horten Ho 229
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The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 was a German prototype fighter-bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik. Developed at a late stage of the Second World Wa
Radar-testing H.IX V3 reproduction at the San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Horten H.IX V2 before a test flight
Horten IV glider (hanging, top)
Unloading of the captured Horten Ho 229 V3 in the United States.
Junkers Jumo 004
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The Junkers Jumo 004 was the world's first production turbojet engine in operational use, and the first successful axial compressor turbojet engine. Some 8,000 units were manufactured by Junkers in Ge
Horten Ho 229
…own flying wing design. On 1 March 1944 the first prototype H.IX V1, an unpowered glider, made its maiden flight, followed by the H.IX V2, powered by Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines in December 1944. However, on 18 February 1945 the V2 was destroyed in a crash, killing its test pilot. Despite as many as 100 production…
Cutaway example of a Junkers Jumo 004 jet engine at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Frontal view of a Jumo 004 engine mounted in a nacelle on an Me 262 fighter, showing the starter pull-start handle in the center of the intake nose cone.
Riedel starter, with pull-start handle and cable
Sectioned Jumo 004 exhaust nozzle, showing the Zwiebel centrebody or plug