Northrop Xp-79

[pgf_666]

I'm guessing that a production version would have been the same 'high speed gray' that very early P-80As were in--until they noticed that there was no particular adhesion to the aircraft skin at speed... (oh--is an 'extended smiley" twice as long?)

 

[johnbr]

It looks a lot like the Me-163.

 

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MX-365 (XP-79) Wing 7x10ft w.t. @ Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

 

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20-Foot Spin Tunnel (645) Models and Tests N-Z - NasaCRgis

 

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[Vahe Demirjian]

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These photos are actually of the manned glider tech demonstrator for the Northrop JB-1 flying wing guided missile, not the XP-79, because this machine did not have a prone cockpit design as on the MX-324/MX-334/XP-79.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!