Bubba
Registered User
Love the yanks. Take full credit for a design that they stole from parts of an aircraft in the Smithsonian vaults. The Germans Realised what a flying wing could do with radar in 1944. The Horten brothers were given the task of creating a long range bomber that had the capability to hit the US East coast and return without refulling, the HO 229 was the answer. First flew in late '44 and was never seen again till after the war when the Russians got their hands on it.
Intersetingly this wasnt the only aircraft the germans made to hit the US. They modified a FW200 Condor and renamed it the FW300, this actually made a flight over the East coast and back in 37 hours. The next mission they planned to carry ordenance but this never happened.
Oh, and dont belive the "Invisible to Radar" bollox either, I was at Fairford the year the B2 turned up. Nearly caused an international incident over it. We "accidentally" switched on the Rapier system we had there and lit up the B2, Was a habit we got into at Honnington, used to light up the A10's and F15s cos we was bored! Needless to say, word got out and we had to shut down rather rapidly and forcibly BUT we did light up the bugger and acheive lock. Works on the 117A too!
Intersetingly this wasnt the only aircraft the germans made to hit the US. They modified a FW200 Condor and renamed it the FW300, this actually made a flight over the East coast and back in 37 hours. The next mission they planned to carry ordenance but this never happened.
Oh, and dont belive the "Invisible to Radar" bollox either, I was at Fairford the year the B2 turned up. Nearly caused an international incident over it. We "accidentally" switched on the Rapier system we had there and lit up the B2, Was a habit we got into at Honnington, used to light up the A10's and F15s cos we was bored! Needless to say, word got out and we had to shut down rather rapidly and forcibly BUT we did light up the bugger and acheive lock. Works on the 117A too!
