Horten Ho229 Spirit of Thuringia

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{detailed description}Reaching speeds approaching 800 kph in prototype form, the Horten Ho 229 'Nurflügel' -'all wing' - was one of the most enigmatic aircraft projects to emerge from World War Two and is redolent of today's 'stealth' concept. In terms of design, it is seen as a precursor to it. In this book, the authors, who have spent many years researching the Horten brothers and their remarkable designs, examine the Ho 229 in great detail with considerable emphasis on the build and structure of the aircraft, an area which has often been inaccurately and insufficiently portrayed. Developed from a series of tailless Horten glider designs, the Ho 229 was planned as the first of the 'next-generation' jet fighters for the Luftwaffe, following on from the Messerschmitt Me 262 and - ultimately - as a high-speed, cannon-equipped, all-weather fighter-bomber, heavy fighter, night fighter and reconnaissance aircraft with plans for airfield strike operations over England in late 1944/early 1945. Unlike the Me 262, the distinctive, bat-shaped Ho 229 was capable of operating from grass airfields and of carrying the same armament as the Messerschmitt jet, but also possessing a range comparable to that of the Arado Ar 234 jet bomber/reconnaissance aircraft. It was also to be fitted with the latest radar and radio systems and a pilot ejector seat. Later plans included long-range bomber designs capable of attacking the east coast of North America. With 250 fascinating photographs, plus the most extensive set of accurate scale drawings ever produced on this aircraft by internationally acclaimed draftsman, Arthur Bentley, and accompanied by computer-generated colour artwork, and cutaways by Andrei Shepelev, this book represents the most thorough technical study of the Ho 229 ever produced.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Andrei Shepelev and Huib Ottens
published by Classic Publications 2006 1st edn. 128pp profusely illustrated with black and white and colour photos, drawings etc index, appendices, bibliography 23x31
{condition}mint, d/j very slightly rubbed at top edge
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