Horten Aircraft Books - History and Technology

The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft

The heretofore untold true story of Reimar, Wolfram, and Walter Horten's remarkable aeronautical achievements with the all-wing planform between 1933 and 1945 as told to aviation biographer David Myhra.
Talking daily with Reimar Horten at his ranch at the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Argentina for two months, and also with Walter in Baden Baden, Germany, the two brothers described in detail their struggles in Nazi controlled Germany to perfect the all-wing planform.
Astounding as their real-life story is of itself, the Horten brothers gave David Myhra hundreds of photographs to illustrate this new volume.

In this remarkable book David Myhra tells the story of the Horten brothers and their all-wing aircraft through the use of over 735 photos and three-view line drawings of their entire all-wing line. Most of these photos and drawings have not been available to the public until now.
Even more astonishing, the Hortens, ridiculed in the mid-1930s for wasting their genius on silly all-wing aircraft, would be the only ones called on by Hermann Göring in December 1944 to build an all-wing "Amerika" atomic bomber and save Deutschland from certain and final destruction by the Allies through a negotiated peace settlement.
The Horten Ho 18 "Amerika Bomber" was not meant to be. But it might have been if the war had not ended in May 1945 but, say, May 1946. This, then, is the fascinating true story of those naive boy-designers from Bonn, the Horten brothers and their silly all-wing airplanes.

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The Horten Ho 9 / Ho 229 - Technical History

David Myhra continues his efforts for a full accounting of the events surrounding the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter/interceptor and its serial production prototype the Horten Ho 229 V3.

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The Horten Ho 9 / Ho 229 - Retrospective (Volume 1)

Horten biographer David Myhra describes the design, construction, and flight testing of the twin turbojet powered all-wing prototype Horten Ho 9 fighter / interceptor and its serial production prototype the Horten Ho 229 V3.

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Horten Ho 9 (X Planes of the Third Reich)

Three Horten Ho 9s were constructed prior to war's end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype V3 by Gotha-Friedrichsroda.
The V1 was destroyed at the U.S. Luftwaffe Aircraft Collection Center-Merseburg. The V2 crashed at Oranienburg killing its test pilot Erwin Ziller. The V3 was captured and taken by General George McDonald's Army Air Force Intelligence unit to the U.S. Luftwaffe Aircraft Collection Center.

The Ho 229 V3 was eventually shipped to Freeman Field, Ohio about September 1945, and is now in storage at the National Air and Space Museum, Silver Hill, Maryland awaiting restoration.
Myhra has taken 150 photos of the Ho 9 from his collection, along with several dozen digital images, and has put together a unique Ho 9 photo collection.

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The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - The History and Development of the Ho 229

Describes the history and development of the jet powered Ho 229. This pre-cursor to modern stealth technology flew in February 1945.

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Horten Nurflügel-Jets

The Horten aircraft are a story of outstanding technical innovations and masterful aircraft designs, combined with the myth of a superior secret weapon that was, in many people's opinion, decades ahead of its time.

In the book:
- The various Horten jet aircraft
- Technical description of the Horten jet fighter
- Was the Horten Ho IX the first stealth aircraft?
- US stealth drone RQ-170 - a Horten copy?
- Project of a flightworthy Horten replica in the USA
- Many original documents and plans.

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Horten Ho 229 - Der legendäre Nurflügel

The Horton flying wings are one thing above all: legendary aircraft that fly without a fuselage or tail unit. With the development of the Ho 229, the Horton brothers tackled design principles that were way ahead of their time.
The H IXV1 first flew as an unmotorized glider in March 1944 - however, the concept did not reach its peak until the end of the last century.

The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the development and testing of the Horton Ho 229. Impressive graphics and design drawings as well as impressive images make the book a standard work in the contemporary aviation history program.

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