Copyright Frank Mormillo
NORTHRUP N9M "FLYING WING"
The Only Surviving Original Flying Wing
Ron Hackworth Flies the "Wing" over the San Gabriel Mountains
Planes of Fame, Chino, California
This is one of four one-third scale development aircraft built as a test vehicle. The information from these flights provided data for the B-35 and B-49 bomber development programs. As a result of political influences, the program was cancelled and all the wings were ordered destroyed. Fortunately this aircraft escaped destruction and was saved for the world by Ed Maloney. It made its first restored flight in 1994 after 13 years of restoration. Pilot Ron Hackworth headed the restoration team.
Photo by R Fields
N9M at Torrance Airshow
Planes
of Fame, Chino, California