From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to ...

One of America’s leading aircraft designers, Jack Northrop, showed keen interest in the Horten brothers’ flying-wing glider back in the 1930s and built flying-wing airplanes of his own in the ...

With a sleek flying wing design and speeds reaching 200 mph, the XCG-16 was no ordinary glider. Built as an experimental assault aircraft during WWII, it pushed the limits of stealth and speed without ...

Someone mentioning a 'Flying Dorito,' is likely talking about the A-12 jet. But how did the aircraft earn the name and what ...

New images have emerged of one of China’s futuristic fighter jets, a three-engine, tailless flying wing aircraft that Western analysts have dubbed the J-36. It’s unclear when the images ...

When you think of unconventional aircraft, flying wings have had plenty of time in the sun over the last few decades. With striking designs like the B-2 Spirit and F-117A Nighthawk on the flight ...

The Editors Northrop Flying Wing Northrop Aircraft built four one-third-scale ... idea one still exists,” says Bootenhoff. Cinema II Glider For idle youth during the Great Depression, a 20:1 ...

The rudder in that altered glider and in the 1903 Flyer was controlled by the hip cradle. The combined movement of the twisting wings and of the movable rudder allowed the aircraft to bank and turn.

Blended wing aircraft are basically flying wings, where the cargo-carrying section of aircraft is shorter, wider, and produces lift. This layout can be used to increase the aircraft’s internal ...