The Horten Ho 229 was a lateWorld War II prototype flying wing fighter/bomber It is the first pure flying wing powered by a turbojet, and has been described by some as the first aircraft designed to incorporate stealth technology Brothers Reimar and Walter Horten built the world's first jetpowered "flying wing" – an aircraft without tail or The Horten HO 229 The Horten Brothers Even by today's standards, the Horten HO229 looks unconventional In fact, to the uninitiated, they might mistake the aircraft for a topsecret futuristic fighter People's impressions of World War II planes are mostly piston powered propeller aircrafts But like many of Hitler's Wonder Weapons, theSmithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC, United States In 1943 the allwing and jetpropelled Horten Ho 229 ('aitchohtwotwonine') promised spectacular performance and the German air force (Luftwaffe) chief, Hermann Göring, allocated halfamillion Reich Marks to the br...