#xb-35

The Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing in the later stages of completion. It was powered by four Pratt and Whitney Wasp Major engines turn four 8-bladed propellers.

Date: April 29, 1946

XB-35 🇺🇲

XB-35

Crew: 9: pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator, engineer, radio operator, three gunners

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-45 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each mounted left and right outboard

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-4360-47 Wasp Major 28-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) each mounted left and right inboard

Maximum speed: 391 mph (629 km/h, 340 kn)

Cruise speed: 240 mph (390 km/h, 210 kn)

Range: 7,500 mi (12,100 km, 6,500 nmi)

Service ceiling: 39,700 ft (12,100 m) (restricted to 20,000 ft (6,096 m) due to APU problems)

Guns: 20 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns in six remotely controlled turrets and one tail stinger

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Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing flying over the Edwards Air Force Base.

Note: a Northrop P-61 Black Window is flying with her.

Date: May 1948

Northrop XB-35 being wheeled on to the runway for its first taxi tests at Hawthorne, California.

Date: May 25, 1946

Northrop XB-35 bomber open-air night assembly in 1946.