Watched a wonderful program this evening on the Canadian History channel. It was on the construction at Northrop Grumman of a non-flying replica of the Horton 229. The 229 was the Horton brothers' design for a tailless jet engined fighter craft, with beautiful lines and startling performance. It far surpassed anything then flying, but, fortunately for the Allies, came too late in the war to make a difference.
The purpose of the replica was to test its performance as a stealth craft. The finished replica was mounted on a five story tall pole, then viewed by radar from all angles. Turns out it did quite well, with mostly the front of the cockpit and engine intakes showing up. As Britain was then developing and using the first generation radar, this feature would have made a large difference. Fiddlers Green has a very nice model of this craft. -- John and/or Marzlie Freeman Check us out at-- http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
