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Can I read The Flying Wings of Northrop: Pilot's Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane on EtoBox?

The Flying Wings of Northrop: Pilot's Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane by Leo J Kohn; Northrop Aircraft, Inc; Northrop Corporation is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Flying Wings of Northrop: Pilot's Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane about?

The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered heavy bomber aircraft developed by Northrop Corporation shortly after World War II for service with the U.S. Air Force. The YB-49 featured a flying wing design and was a jet-powered development of the earlier, piston-engined Northrop XB-35 and YB-35. The two YB-49s actually built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The YB-49 never entered production, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 Peacemaker piston-driven design. Design work performed in the development of the YB-35 and YB-49 nonetheless proved to be valuable to Northrop decades later in the eventual development of the B-2 stealth bomber, which entered service in the early 1990s.

Author
Leo J Kohn; Northrop Aircraft, Inc; Northrop Corporation
Publisher
Aviation Publications
Published
1984
Language
EN
ISBN
9780879940317

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