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- Horten Ho 229 Flying Wing: Spirit of Thuringia
Reaching speeds approaching 800 kph in prototype form, the Horten Ho 229 'Nurfl gel' - 'all wing' was one of the most enigmatic aircraft projects to emerge from World War II and is seen, in terms of design, as a precursor of the 'stealth' concept.
Developed from a series of tailless Horten glider designs, the Ho 229 was planned as the first of the
Pages: 128
Size: 9.375 X 12.3 (inches)
Format: Hardback
Illustrations: 250 photos
Publisher: Crecy Publishing
ISBN: 9781903223666
Product Code: CP366
Reviews
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Cybermodeler Online
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(Posted on 11/19/2015)"Late-war Luftwaffe enthusiasts will really love this terrific tome."
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IPMS/USA
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(Posted on 12/20/2015)"Top notch and very useful for historians and modelers."
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speedreaders.info
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(Posted on 1/12/2016)"Especially good."
Huib Ottens
Huib Ottens first became interested in aviation when he read Biggles stories as a boy. He has a particular interest in the history of the Luftwaffe and has been researching the history of the Horten Brothers and their flying wing designs for some 20 years. He lives with his partner and two children in Holland and works as a systems designer and developer for the IT department of a large Dutch bank.
Andrei Shepelev
Andrei Shepelev has been interested in aviation, especially in unconventional and lesser-known designs, since an early age, and as an aircraft modeller. He is a former student of the Kuibyshev Aviation Institution, specializing in spacecraft and rocket technology and has worked for a number of publishing organizations as an editor and designer. He is married with a son and two daughters and lives in Russia.
