In the 1940s, it looked like flying wings would dominate the skies - faster, lighter, and more efficient than anything before ...
mint; multicolored; flying YB-49 Flying Wing; American Advances in Aviation; verso of pane says, "YB-49 Flying Wing / Deemed futuristic in the late '40s, the / all-wing configuration of Northrop's / ...
Northrop’s flying wing bomber was built to solve a brutal requirement: carry 10,000 pounds of bombs for 10,000 miles, potentially flying global sorties without overseas bases. The XB-35 promised range ...