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The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft (Schiffer Military/Aviation History) Hardcover – November 20, 1997

by David Myhra (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
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The Horten Brothers and Their All-Wing Aircraft is 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 true 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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    320 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Schiffer Military History
  4. Publication date
    November 20, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    9.5 x 1 x 12.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0764304410
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0764304415
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Schiffer Military History; 1st ed. edition (November 20, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764304410
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764304415
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 1 x 12.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Vahe Demirjian
5.0 out of 5 stars A great biographical and technical account of the Horten brothers and their flying wings
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021
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We often associate flying wings with Jack Northrop, but the Horten brothers were the most important people besides Northrop to develop tailless aircraft. This book (whose author, David Myhra, died last year) is a detailed overview of the Horten brothers and their designs for flying wing aircraft, starting off with an overview of early Horten flying wings built in the 1930s, then moving to discussing the Hortens' early flirtations with flying wing fighter design in the early years of World War II, before proceeding to describe in detail the Ho VII trainer, Ho 229 flying wing fighter and advanced Horten fighter designs (Ho X, supersonic Ho XIII) as well as the Ho 18 flying wing bomber and Ho VIII transport flying wing, and then finally the career of the Horten brothers postwar. In an interesting footnote, when Reimar Horten fled to Argentina after WW2, he used the Horten Ho VIII design as the basis for the IAe 38 flying wing transport.

As a side note, the fighter plane labeled in some image captions as Ho 9-B in Chapter 16 is actually the Horten Ho X, because the Ho IX-B/Ho 229B was the planned two-seat trainer/night fighter version of the Ho 229. The appendices for this book provide lists for the aircraft designed and built by the Hortens and line drawings of Horten aircraft.
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pedro filipuzzi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2017
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being a close friend of dr reimar horten's son , diego horten , I've found this book amazingly real. It`s ten times well documented than horten's family knowledge 'bout Dr. Reimar Horten. Great book
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Earl Santee
4.0 out of 5 stars The Hortons contribute to sailplanes and changed our knowledge of allwing aircraft
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2019
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The book was a great history lesson. It is informative and entertaining, a must for history buffs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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good and complete; TOP!!!
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Mario G. Merino
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read, wonderfully illustrated with great photos.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2014
This is by far my favorite book on the Horten brothers. The struggles of three brothers to perfect the flying wing make this book a fascinating account of a little known part of aviation history. By the time I was done reading it I kept thinking about what a great documentary could be made out of it. Packed with great photographs and drawings, it is the seminal work on a long neglected subject. Strongly recommended!
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Mark R Mullins
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2016
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Pretty basic information on the Horten's and flying wings
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SHM
4.0 out of 5 stars The Horten Brothers and their All-Wing Aircraft
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012
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Fascinating story of an amazing family, determination , terrific aviation adventures and the hardships, trials and tribulations associated with cutting edge aviation experimentation. Packed with original photographs. Well worth having in your library if interested in the Horten flying wings.
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Charles Foreman
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a surprisingly detailed account of the Horton brothers ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2014
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This is a surprisingly detailed account of the Horton brothers pioneering efforts in all-wing (flying wing) aircraft. The book also describes life in the 1930s in Nazi controlled Germany.
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Stan the Man
5.0 out of 5 stars Horten Brothers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2017
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Agood photo and well documented book
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