Horten Flying Wing Heading to NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Center.

[VintageAviationNews]

This is definitely something!

Enjoy the read and the pictures.

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[Pat Carry]

How cool will it be to see this aircraft in one piece again someday!

[sandiego89]

Indeed good news, will be a hit attraction.

The nose tire/tyre always looks oversized to me- is that due to a Horton making a nose first "wheel barrow" landing? Pretty beefy looking nose strut as well, suggesting to me a nose first touch down, or a higly loaded front gear. Any ideas? Landing nose gear first is usually avoided in conventional tricycle gear aircraft, but it looks pretty nose high to get a good angle of attack.

[shrike]

Indeed good news, will be a hit attraction.

The nose tire/tyre always looks oversized to me- is that due to a Horton making a nose first "wheel barrow" landing? Pretty beefy looking nose strut as well, suggesting to me a nose first touch down, or a higly loaded front gear. Any ideas? Landing nose gear first is usually avoided in conventional tricycle gear aircraft, but it looks pretty nose high to get a good angle of attack.

More to do with limited nosewheel design experience and using existing components. The nose gear was originally a tailwheel assembly from a He-177.
German practice was also to operate from grass as much as possible, so think of it as a really early tundra tire