The Northrop YB-49 flying wing promised jet-age revolution but fell to instability, tragedy, and politics,…
Learn about the Northrop YB-49, the jet-powered flying-wing bomber that first flew on October 21,…
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 21, 1947, at Northrop…
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