A B-2 Bomber , probably the cool aircraft ever create after theLockheed A-12 , has crash for the first time ever . Its name was the Spirit of Kansas and it was one of the 21 $ 1.2 billion Northrop Grumman stealth plane ever manufactured . It go down to the dry land right after take - off for “ unknown reasons ” at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam . Both buffer ejected to safety and video footage of the aftermath exhibit a big mess on the ground :
https://gizmodo.com/secret-a-12-spy-plane-officially-unveiled-at-cias-headq-302164
The B-2 Spirit follows the same ideas pioneered by John Knudsen Northrop , who establish Northrop to pursue his fast-flying wing designs , and the Nazi Horten Ho - IX , one of the most advanced planes at its clip , plan by the Horten brothers .
The Ho - IX , also called Gotha Go 229 or Ho 229 , took off for the first time in 1944 and was the only plane to fill Luftwaffe ’s foreman , frustrated transvestite and absolute nutter Hermann Göring 1000 - 1000 - 1000 functioning criterion : the Horten was capable of transport 1,000 kilograms of bombs ( 2,200 lb ) over 1,000 kilometers ( 620 mile ) at 1,000 kilometers an 60 minutes .
Fortunately , it never reached production and most airframe were destroy by US violence to avoid the Soviets develop their paws all over them . The U.S. VIII Corps of General Patton ’s Third Army capture one , however , and its scummy - drag , no - unnecessary Earth’s surface survive now in the B-2 .
Unlike the experimental Horten and the flying wing design that Northrop designed in the 40 ( like 1948 ’s Northrop YB-49 , a jet - base edition of the 1946 ’s YB-35 strategical submarine sandwich ) the Spirit became amply in operation .
The B-2 bombers are surprisingly efficient : like its 20 baby vas still in avail , the Air Vehicle-12 Spirit of Kansas was adequate to of deliver both conventional and atomic bomb to any object around the world in a few hours , with just one fueling . Powered by fourGeneral ElectricF118 - GE-100 turbofans capable of 17,300 pounds of thrust each , the aircraft can hit 410 knots ( 470 mph ) at a maximal altitude of 50,000 feet .
https://gizmodo.com/the-most-powerful-turbofan-engine-in-the-world-up-close-323572
Another advantage of its simple purpose — coupled with its radio detection and ranging - absorbing finish , called Alternate High - Frequency Material — is that their radar visibility is extremely low . partner off with its usable altitude , this make them extremely intemperate to detect and shoot down . That ’s the ground why this smash , with no known reason yet , is so exceptional . That and the essence of ascertain $ 1.2 billion buck vanish in an volcanic crater in a concrete rails .
agree to the Air Force , an investigation is currently under way about why the Spirit of Kansas went to Oz at Guam . But do n’t occupy , taxpayers , I ’m indisputable you will get acool 3D simulationof how it all happened from the Wizard in Chief , General Dorothy and Commander Toto , at the Pentagon . [ Military.com , Ho - XI at Wikipedia , Jack Northrop at Wikipedia , Air Force — master photo by Bobbi Garcia for the AFFTC ]
https://gizmodo.com/f-15-eagle-literally-breaking-apart-344394
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