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Horten 229

Posted by Chris Hinch on Sun Jul 28, 2002 11:24:36 PM

An earlier thread about the attraction of Luftwaffe aircraft elicited a response about their exoticness, and mention the Ho 229. "A what?" I thought... and therein followed the most interesting few hours of surfing to find out as much about this amazing aircraft as I could.

If new 262's can be built with modern turbines, what about one of these!! Imagine turning up to an airshow and seeing this!

http://www.luft46.com/mrart/mr229-3.jpg

(computer generated image over photo background)

I've got one question though - how is it that something can look so sleek and elegant in the air and yet look so d*mn ugly on the ground?

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