Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States, 1949

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e, JUNKERS~ Of tlle flying w!ug type, this project was established a.s a long-range,
high-~
Span
78,8 feet
Wini A:rea
1290 l!QUa.re feet
Power Plallt
4 HnS 011 turb:1 j&t imlts
Max, Sp<l•d.
620 miles per hour
Range
3700 mlles
f. ME: 329.
This is a tail.lass mld.-wlng monoplane driven by two pueher propallers with the
e>Df,'lnes centrally loe:,ted in the w!n&'11 on each side of th" stobby round.ed. fuaelege.
Span
513 feet
Length
35.4 feet
Max. Speed
456-466 miles per hour
Power Plant
2 DB 603 reo!1,rocatlng engines
I!· HORTEN WING. The closest .resemblsnce to the estl.maied con!1guratlon of "Flying Dll'lts"
Is re~ Ho:rten Wini al:rcraft. Work on tJie I{orten 229, a tw!n jet flgbtel', had pro.
i,'ressed to the final 11t11.ge11 at the end of World War II.
!ts prototyps, a Horten illder, succeslil-
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!{ully soared to an) altitode of H,200 feet as early as 11138, provlni,' tlla 1>0!11'.ldnoss ot this delillgn.
Flge, 1, 2 and 3
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