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Northrop B-35 Flying Wing

The first of the Northrop flying wing bombers. The B-35 was designed as an intercontinental bomber, competing with the B-36. It was powered by four large radial engines, installed within the wing. Development was protracted, mainly because Northrop was overstretched, and the B-35 was doomed to be obsolescent before it could enter production. Therefore the USAF cancelled the production of the B-35, and ordered the prototypes as test vehicles to assist in the development of the jet-engined B-49 derivative, which looked more promising. Only 15 were built, and most never flew. The engine installation was always unreliable.

General characteristics XB-35
Primary function	Bomber
Power plant	Four Pratt&Whitney R-4360-17/21 radial engines
Thrust	4x 2,950 HP		4x 2,200 kW
Wingspan	172 ft		52.4 m
Length	53.1 ft		16.18 m
Height	20 ft		6.10m
Wingarea	4,500 sq ft		418 sq m
Weight	empty	61,145 lb	27,735 kg
	max.	103,484 lb	46,940 kg
Speed	392 mph		630 km/h
Range	10,000 miles		16,100 km
Armament	16x 12.7mm machine gun; 18,700 kg bombs
Crew	Nine
Date deployed	1946
Number built	15

More details of construction on Don Krehbiel´s page

Jirka Wagner

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Last updated 01.10.2008