The original glider weighed 2kg, and with the upgrades to the design, the Flying Wing weighs 3.5kg, with speed capabilities of around 45mph. To save weight, neither plane has landing or take off ...

The Horten boys kept tinkering, and by 1932 had developed an all-wing glider ... Horten brothers presented him with plans for a jet-powered, single-pilot flying wing. Its steel framework was ...

Built to copy some of the 1950’s era innovations in delta-style jet aircraft, the plane is essentially a flying wing that seats four. And it’s not just all good looks: people who have flown ...

Leonardo drew hundreds of images of birds on the wing, trying to decode their secrets, and drafted meticulous plans for flying machines not unlike today's gliders and helicopters. But he never ...