In the 1940s, one brilliant American engineer dared to defy every rule of flight. Jack Northrop believed the perfect aircraft didn’t need a fuselage or a tail — just a wing. His obsession led to one of the most ambitious projects in aviation history: the Northrop Flying Wing.
What began as a dream of efficiency and innovation soon turned into a top-secret military experiment. The result? A jet-powered aircraft so advanced that it frightened both the Pentagon and its rivals. The YB-49 Flying Wing could fly faster, higher, and farther than anything of its time — but politics, fear, and power struggles buried it before it could change the world.
Decades later, the dream came true with the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber — proving Jack Northrop was right all along.
This is the untold story of how one man’s vision almost changed the course of modern aviation — and how his forgotten masterpiece became the blueprint for America’s stealth future.
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