Horten was a German aircraft manufacturer, Run by the Horten
brothers Walter and Reimar, they began building aircraft in
the early thirties. Aircraft built by Horten include.
Horten
Ho I was a single seat wooden construction with mainly
fabric covering had a fixed landing skid
Horten
Ho II Habicht was a single seat two sets of differential
elevon and wingtip brakes with retractable nosewheel and faired
rear wheel
Horten
Ho III (Ho 250) was a single seat three sets of differential
elevon and wingtip brakes and tandem wheel undercarriage with
retractable nosewheel
Horten
Ho IV (Ho 251) was a single seat three sets of differential
elevon and wingtip brakes and a retractable landing skid
Horten
Ho V (Ho 252) was a two seat single engine three sets
of differential elevon and wingtip brakes and a non-retractable
tricycle undercarriage
Horten
Parabola was a single seat two sets of differential elevon
controls tandem wheel undercarriage had a retracting nosewheel
and a fixed rear wheel glider
Horten
Ho VI (Ho 253) was a single seat glider similar to
Ho
IV except wing span increased
Horten
Ho VII (Ho 227) was a single seat twin engines three sets
of differential elevon and wingtip brakes
Horten
Ho 229 (was often mistakenly called Gotha Go 229 due to
the identity of the manufacturer of the aircraft) was a single
seat Twin jet flying wing tailless fighter aircraft only three
built
Horten XIIIA Experimental flying wing glider to precede Ho
XIIIB
Horten XIIIB Supersonic flying wing jet fighter with rocket
boost
Horten XVIIIB Flying wing jet bomber
Other: Aircraft
Manufacturers
Articles:
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
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