Northrop YB49 Flying Wing Wood Model Airplane

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Relive the best moment of your life with our handcrafted YB-49 Flying Wing display mahogany model.

Model Airplane: YB49 Flying Wing Bomber aircraft
Wingspan: 21"
Fuselage Length: 6"
Scale: 1/100
Material: mahogany wood
Manufacturer: Northrop
Branch: United States Air Force (USAF)

Model Airplane Factory offers handmade Northrop YB49 bomber airplane, artistically created from mahogany wood. Our YB49 Flying Wing aircraft wood model is a beautiful, handmade authentic replica, made from the very finest grade of select kiln-dried wood and painstakingly decorated by our skilled craftsmen. The Northrop YB-49 display airplane model will be painted according to the specific color scheme of the YB-49 Flying Wing for their historical significance and authenticity. The Northrop YB49 display model airplane is meticulously carved and painted to reflect the true detail of the original YB49 Flying Wing. After carving the wood, the YB49 Flying Wing aircraft display will undergo stages of fine sanding, between primer coats, to produce a silky smooth finish ready for final painting. YB-49 Flying Wing wood model airplane is attached to a durable wooden base so you can place it wherever you like it!


The YB-49 Flying Wing was manufactured by Northrop Corporation and its primary user is the United States Air Force. It was a prototype jet-powered flying wing medium bomber aircraft developed by Northrop for the United States Air Force shortly after World War II. It was a development of the piston-engined YB-35, and the two YB-49s actually built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The aircraft was never to enter production, however, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 in service.

In September 1948, the Air Force ordered the type into production as the RB-49A reconnaissance aircraft. This contract was cancelled two months later. By this time it was clear other aircraft could handle the job, including the upcoming B-52 and the advanced B-47 which had entered Phase II testing and was obviously superior to the RB-49A in performance. The main strategic bomber contracts fell to the B-36 Peacemaker and the importance that the USAF placed on this program, effectively doomed the Northrop flying wings.

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