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Howard in reply to @vilms5000

Ok, thanks.

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vilms5000 in reply to @Howard

I was being a bit flippant, because the B-35 wasn’t about stealth, but the flying wing’s design (sleeker, for taking a payload faster ... further) was proven in the 1940s. If you were to ‘stealthify’ the jet-powered version (the YB-49), you’d probably end up with something like a B-2.

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Howard in reply to @vilms5000

Nah that's cool. My original questions was kinda flippant too.

I'm just going to assume that - at the time - a normal design couldn't meet the speed / range / radar visibility requirements and the computer power was available to iron out the weirdness in flight.

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