Not so stealthy

When (and why) did the US Air Force become so open? Video footage of a B-2 (a/k/a “stealth bomber”) crash in Guam on 23 Feb 2008.

Bombastic propaganda video (Universal Newsreel 20-85, 23 Oct 1947, from the National Archives) for a “maiden” flight of the Northrop B-35, which, like the B-2, had a 172′ wingspan program canceled ca. 1949). As did the other flying wing, the B-49 (canceled 1949). Just a coincidence?

Wikipedia entries for the [XY]B-35 and [XY] YB-49.

(Risks)

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