What Happened to the Flying Wing?

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The Flying Wing is the most efficient design of any fixed win aircraft and was developed through WW2 but due to big business politics, it was all but killed off after the war. I was rediscovered in the 1970s and became the basis of the B-2 Stealth bomber, this is the story of what happened to the Flying Wing.

Written, researched and presented by Paul Shillito
Images and footage: NASA, Northrop Archives, Boeing, US DoD

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