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Episode "Hitler's Stealth Fighter"

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  • Nearing completion at the Horten's Goettingen workshop in November of 1944.
  • Ho 229 V3 section (without its outer wings) seen after arriving in the USA. Photographed at USAAF air field Seymore, Indiana about mid 1946.
  • A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.
  • Walter Horten (left) and Reimar Horten (right) with their Ho 2 (left) and Ho 3 (right) sailplanes in the background.
  • Northrop's Ho 229 replica at their Tejon radar test range seen up on its RCS pole in 2009.
  • NASM's Garber Storage Facilities covered with thick layers of dust.
  • The test range of the Ho 229 in Tejon, California.
  • Ho 229 V3 Gotha workshop (upper building) where the Ho 229 V3 was found by members of General Patton's US Army troops in late 1945 and early May 1945.
  • Ho 229 V3 - Center section. Seymore, Indiana as seen with its outer wings and seen from its port.
  • Dr. David Myhra, author and aviation historian.
  • Ho 229 V3 as seen in NASM's Garber Storage Facility, Silver Hill, Maryland from its starboard (right side) about 1985.
  • Ho 229 V3 as in seen in its Friedrichroda workshop May 1945.
  • Northrop Ho 229 replica photographed during its open house for Northrop employees to view.
  • Ho 9 V2 seen making a landing approach into Orainenburg air field, December, 1944.
  • Northrop's Ho 229 V3 replica seen at Tejon on its RCS pole with the sun shining in the background.
  • A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.
  • Ho 9 V2 being readied for a test flight on December 1944 in Orainenburg, Germany.
  • A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s.
  • Ho 229 V3 as found in Friedrichroda nearly completed in early May 1944.
  • In a reenactment scene, Hermann Goring meeting with Walter Horten in Goring office.
  • In a reenactment scene, Hermann Goring meeting with Walter Horten in Goring office.
  • A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.
  • A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.
  • A primed full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s.
  • Ho 9 V1 sailplane seen being towed back to its hangar at Goettingen in 1944.
  • Northrop's Ho 229 V3 replica seen at Tejon on its RCS pole as seen from its port side.
  • Technicians building a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 with materials that are, from the radar testing standpoint, representative of what was used in the 1940s.
  • Horten V1 as seen in an overhead view in Goettingen, Germany early 1944.
  • The nozzles from a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber. It was made with only the materials available in the 1940s and then test its stealth capabilities against allied radar during WWII.
  • Technicians building a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 with materials that are, from the radar testing standpoint, representative of what was used in the 1940s.
  • A blueprint of the Horten Ho 229 flying wing fighter/bomber.

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    Nearing completion at the Horten's Goettingen workshop in November of 1944.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 21

    Ho 229 V3 section (without its outer wings) seen after arriving in the USA. Photographed at USAAF air field Seymore, Indiana about mid 1946.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 11

    A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 19

    Walter Horten (left) and Reimar Horten (right) with their Ho 2 (left) and Ho 3 (right) sailplanes in the background.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 27

    Northrop's Ho 229 replica at their Tejon radar test range seen up on its RCS pole in 2009.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 26

    NASM's Garber Storage Facilities covered with thick layers of dust.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 13

    The test range of the Ho 229 in Tejon, California.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 24

    Ho 229 V3 Gotha workshop (upper building) where the Ho 229 V3 was found by members of General Patton's US Army troops in late 1945 and early May 1945.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 22

    Ho 229 V3 - Center section. Seymore, Indiana as seen with its outer wings and seen from its port.

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    Dr. David Myhra, author and aviation historian.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 20

    Ho 229 V3 as seen in NASM's Garber Storage Facility, Silver Hill, Maryland from its starboard (right side) about 1985.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 14

    Ho 229 V3 as in seen in its Friedrichroda workshop May 1945.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 15

    Northrop Ho 229 replica photographed during its open house for Northrop employees to view.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 30

    Ho 9 V2 seen making a landing approach into Orainenburg air field, December, 1944.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 28

    Northrop's Ho 229 V3 replica seen at Tejon on its RCS pole with the sun shining in the background.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 08

    A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 17

    Ho 9 V2 being readied for a test flight on December 1944 in Orainenburg, Germany.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 04

    A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 25

    Ho 229 V3 as found in Friedrichroda nearly completed in early May 1944.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 07

    In a reenactment scene, Hermann Goring meeting with Walter Horten in Goring office.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 06

    In a reenactment scene, Hermann Goring meeting with Walter Horten in Goring office.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 09

    A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 10

    A full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s at preflight.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 05

    A primed full scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber made with materials available in the 1940s.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 31

    Ho 9 V1 sailplane seen being towed back to its hangar at Goettingen in 1944.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 29

    Northrop's Ho 229 V3 replica seen at Tejon on its RCS pole as seen from its port side.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 03

    Technicians building a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 with materials that are, from the radar testing standpoint, representative of what was used in the 1940s.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 16

    Horten V1 as seen in an overhead view in Goettingen, Germany early 1944.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 12

    The nozzles from a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 bomber. It was made with only the materials available in the 1940s and then test its stealth capabilities against allied radar during WWII.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 02

    Technicians building a full-scale replica of the Ho 229 with materials that are, from the radar testing standpoint, representative of what was used in the 1940s.

  • Hitlers Stealth Fighter 01

    A blueprint of the Horten Ho 229 flying wing fighter/bomber.

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