Sjeldne fly - Horten 229

 

 

Overste bilde viser flyet som gjøres klar for prøveflyging et sted i Tyskland under krigen. Det nederste bildet viser flyet slik det ser ut i dag, under restaurerering ved National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber facility.

Det hører med til historien at flyet fløy, og i en simulert dogfight med en Me 262 var denne overlegen. Flyet hadde åpenbare stealth egenskaper, drag chute og utskytningssete.

The only surviving Ho 229 airframe, the V3—and indeed, the only surviving World War II-era German jet prototype still in existence—has been, until very recently, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility in Suitland, Maryland, USA. In December 2011, the National Air and Space Museum moved the Ho 229 into the active restoration area of the Garber Restoration Facility, and it is currently being reviewed for full restoration and display.^[7] The central section of the V3 prototype was meant to be moved to the Smithsonian NASM's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in late 2012 to commence a detailed examination of it before starting any serious conservation/restoration efforts^[8] and has been cleared for the move to the Udvar-Hazy facility's restoration shops as of summer 2014, with only the NASM's B-26B Marauder Flak Bait medium bomber ahead of it for restoration.^[9]