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Horten Ho-I Horten Ho-I

1934

The story of the 'flying wings' designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten began with a series of models, ...

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Although quite a successful design, the Ho I did not satisfy the Hortens, who destroyed it and replaced it ...

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Horten Ho-II "Habicht", Ho-IIM

1935

Horten Ho-II "Habicht", Ho-IIM

Horten Ho-III Horten Ho-III

1937

In 1938 the Hortens set up a facility at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, where they constructed the Ho III sailplane. This was ...

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The Ho V, constructed between 1936 and 1938, was a two-seater sailplane, but in 1942 it was converted to single-seat ...

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Horten Ho-V

1937

Horten Ho-V

Horten Ho-IV Horten Ho-IV

1941

The next Horten flying wing design, the Ho IV, was built primarily to investigate the effects of high aspect ratio. ...

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The Horten Ho VI, only one prototype of which was built, had a wing with the very high aspect ratio ...

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Horten Ho-VI

1944

Horten Ho-VI

Horten Ho-VII Horten Ho-VII

1944

The next design, the Ho VII, was similar to the Ho V, but was fitted with more powerful 179kW ...

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The Ho VIII was by far the largest of the Horten flying wings, and was designed as a commercial aircraft ...

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Horten Ho-VIII

1945

Horten Ho-VIII

Horten Ho-IX / Gotha Go 229 Horten Ho-IX / Gotha Go 229

1945

The Horton Ho IX twin-jet tailless fighter-bomber, of which two prototypes were flown before the end of the war, was of extremely advanced design, ...

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