Horten brothers
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Walter Horten and Reimar Horten, sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots. Walter was a fighter pilot on the Western Front, flying a Bf 109 for Jagdgeschwader 26 in the f
The Horten brothers: Walter (left) and Reimar (right)
Horten Ho IV flying wing sailplane recumbent glider at the Deutsches Museum
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
Horten brothers
…of Göttingen, having resumed his studies in 1946 with help from Ludwig Prandtl. The Hortens designed the world's first jet-powered flying wing, the Horten Ho 229. Between the World Wars, the Treaty of Versailles limited the construction of German military airplanes. In response, German military flying became…
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.