I love videos like this. National Geographic managed to get Northrup Grumman to make a model of the Nazi Horton 229 in their model shop a few years ago, and this is the video they made. The 229 was probably a smarter design than the Messerschmidt 262, and we all know how smart that one was. I was involved in the aerospace industry for a while and this reminds me of what I loved about it- truly smart aircraft manufacturing. Later CAD designs were better such as the Skunk Works "Have Blue", F-117, and B-2; but there was nothing but smarts driving aircraft design in the 30s and 40s- designs like the 229 were wonderful.
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