| YB-35 / XB-35 | |
|---|---|
 YB-35 prototype | |
| General information | |
| Type | Strategic bomber |
| Manufacturer | Northrop |
| Designer | |
| Status | Canceled |
| Primary user | United States Air Force |
| Number built | 14 (Including 1 experimental version) |
| History | |
| First flight | 25 June 1946 |
| Retired | 1948-1949 |
| Variants | Northrop YB-49 |
The Northrop YB-35/XB-35, Northrop designation N-9[1] or NS-9,[2] were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II. The airplane used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in which the tail section and fuselage are eliminated and all payload is carried in a thick wing. Only prototypes and pre-production aircraft were built, although interest remained strong enough to warrant further development of the design as a jet bomber, under the designation YB-49.[3]
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- ^ Pape, Garry R.; Campbell, John M. (1995). Northrop Flying Wings : a history of Jack Northrop's visionary aircraft (1st ed.). Atglen: Schiffer Pub. pp. 116–193, 253. ISBN 0887406890.
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