Loss Of An Historic Aircraft

[Yooper]

One of only a few Northrop flying wings (from the 1940s) crashed in CA today (click on link, below, for full story).

Photo from Wikipedia

Link: "Rare and Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashes Into Prison Yard In California"

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[Kyle]

Tragic.

I'd never heard of a surviving example.

 

[GWguy]

Long before computerized fly-by-wire, very easy to lose stability.

 

[limblips]

Sad to lose another rare one (and the pilot) but we may see flying wings make a rebound if Horten has their way.

After three years of development, German aircraft manufacturer Horten Aircraft will unveil its prototype flying wing that is already undergoing flight testing as the nearby photos attest. “This aircraft is a highly modern economical two-seat tailless light aircraft without a fuselage,” said the company.

https://www.bydanjohnson.com/modern-horten-wing-aircraft-excitement-as-aero-2019-approaches/

 

[GURPS]

Considering how WW II Wrecks are being salvaged and rebuilt these days, unless it burned to ash, nothing in is truly lost given enough money.

http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_recovery.htm

http://www.maam.org/p61/p61_rest.htm

 

[Yooper]

APRIL 22, 2019 CHINO, CA
PLANES OF FAME AIR MUSEUM: TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 PM ONE OF OUR MUSEUM PILOTS AND OUR N9MB NORTHROP FLYING WING WERE LOST IN AN ACCIDENT IN NORCO, CA. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING PLANES OF FAME AIRSHOW WHERE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY. AT THIS TIME DETAILS ARE NOT KNOWN AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE NTSB WILL INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. TO OUR KNOWLEDGE NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED NOR WAS THERE DAMAGE TO ANY BUILDINGS.
THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, IS BEING WITHHELD PENDING NOTIFICATION OF FAMILY.
THE PLANES OF FAME N9MB, ONE OF FOUR ONE-THIRD SIZE FLYING WINGS BUILT FOR FLIGHT TESTING IN 1944, HAD BEEN RESTORED OVER A THIRTEEN (13) YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN 1981. THE ONE OF A KIND AIRCRAFT FLEW ITS FIRST POST RESTORATION FLIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1994 AND HAD SAFELY FLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED HOURS SINCE THEN.
WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF THE PILOT AND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY.

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[Yooper]

Considering how WW II Wrecks are being salvaged and rebuilt these days, unless it burned to ash, nothing in is truly lost given enough money.

I thought I saw/read that the plane was a complete loss.

P61 Black Widow pix are AWESOME, btw.

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[GURPS]

I thought I saw/read that the plane was a complete loss.

I missed that ...

yeah that is not restorable