IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1943 the all-wing and ...

In the last months of World War Two, Nazi Germany tested an experimental fighter more spaceship than aircraft. Only now are we realising how inspired it was. BBC Future looks at the Horten Ho 229, one ...

The Horten Ho 229 V3 awaits restoration at the National Air and Space Museum's Garber facility. NASM David Bull, of Sacramento, California, asks when the Air and Space Museum plans to restore the ...

Key point: Berlin invented many wonder weapons, but not all of them were successful. In fact, these expensive projects maybe hurt the Nazis’ chances of winning the war. Northrop Grumman revealed this ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Ho 229 never made it off the ground. Northrop Grumman revealed this year it is developing a second flying wing stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, to succeed its B-2 ...

In the final desperate years of WWII, Nazi engineers designed the Horten Ho 229 – a flying wing jet that looked like a UFO and promised stealth, speed, and revolutionary design. Had it flown in ...

In 1943 the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 ('aitch-oh-two-two-nine') promised spectacular performance and the German air force (Luftwaffe) chief, Hermann Göring, allocated half-a-million ...