Non-flying aircraft. Built towards the end of the Second World War, the Horten H IX was the logical continuation of the Horten brothers' flying wing concept into the jet age. As with all Horten aircraft, it was a flying wing design. H IX was the designation of the first two prototypes. The Reichsluftfahrtministerium assigned the number 8-229 for series production, 8 being a code number for aircraft in general. Sometimes the designation Gotha Go 229 - after the intended production company Gothaer Waggonfabrik - is also used. In practice, however, the production company was generally irrelevant to the naming. Since the Horten brothers were not employees of the Gothaer Waggonfabrik company and also officially maintained their own aircraft company - albeit without significant production capacity - the naming Horten Ho 229 is more likely. This designation was also used in the weekly reports of the Rechlin testing station. -Wikipedia-
Group
Model Construction
Condition
unpainted, kit
Scale
Scale 1:32
Material
Plastic
Epoch
World War II
Time
1933 - 1945
Nationality/Location
Germany
State
new
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