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Title
Northrop
Flying
Wing
YB-49
Description
This
is
how the
mammoth
,
213,000
pound
Northrop
Flying
Wing
YB-49
the
worlds
largest
and
longest
ranging
jet
bomber
appeared
a
few
minutes
after
takeoff
at
Muroc
Air
Force
Base
for its
first
transcontinental
mission
, a
flight
to
Washington
D.C
. With the
early
morning
sun
glinting
on its
pinions
, the
chevron
shaped
giant
climbed
high
over
the
rugged
desert
floor
and
pointed
its
nose
eastward
. The
Flying
Wing
was
manned
on its
continent
spanning
flight
by an
Air
Force
crew
accompanied
by
Northrop
observer
technicians
,
Creator
Northrop
Aircraft
Inc
.
Hawthorne
CA
Estimated date
1950s
?
Original collection
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America - Nation's Business Photograph Collection
Accession number
1993.230
Hagley ID
PC20110525_900.tif
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