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The Horten Ho 229 is often classified as a "stealth aircraft," and the Horten brothers had indeed been correct that the flying wing concept would make it less visible to radar than a conventional aircraft of its size.

The Horten Ho 229 is often classified as a "stealth aircraft," and the Horten brothers had indeed been correct that the flying wing concept would make it less visible to radar than a conventional aircraft of its size.

Maximizing speed and range, not stealth, was the primary motivation behind the bat-shaped jet plane.

Hitlers Secret Stealth Jet: The Ho 229 In 2008, Northrop Grumman teamed up with the National Geographic channel to reconstruct a mockup of the Ho 229, which they tested for radar reflection, and then pitted against a simulation of the British Chain Home radar network. Their findings were less than overwhelming—the flying wings would have been detected at a distance 80 percent that of a standard German Bf. 109 fighter. Heres what you need to know: While it may be a stretch to claim that the...