shockonlip,
I’ve found your review very informative and thanks to it I'm really interested now in watching the documentary.
But I'm a bit confused too.
In the first posts of this threat, Stuka clearly told us the documentary has two parts:
1st part) The construction of a Ho 229 replica and its RCS testing at Northrop Grumman.
the real stars of this show will be the people of
Northrop Grumman. Most of the time, details of their work
are closely held inside the company, but this is an oppor-
tunity to show the world how Northrop Grumman people
excel at what they do.
2nd part) A brief story of the design and contruction of the original Ho 229 prototypes at Germany in 1945. The last days of the III Reich.
It’s widely acknowledged that Germany won the
‘aviation technology’ battle in WW2
could the German “bat-winged” stealth aircraft have eluded Allied
radar and changed the course of the war?
Had Germany been able to field this jet-powered fly-
ing wing before the end of World War II, how would it
have performed against Allied aircraft? Did the Germans
incorporate rudimentary low-observable elements into the
Ho 229? Could it have eluded British radar long enough
to make Germany’s London bombing campaign succeed?
These are some of the tantalizing questions the documen-
tary will try to answer.
The first part is great. It's what you describe. Very interesting facts. I'd love to see that documentary.
The second part caused controversy in our forum. Most members posting in this topic had argued with documented sources showing its speculative nature.
The question is:
In your post you say there is no Nazi stuff in the documentary. Then, that second part has been deleted from the final edition. Is that true?
Regards,
Antonio
PS: After reading all the posts in the Topic again I have been reading carefully NG's website (following the link Gery posted). I must admit that despite showing some biased facts about the Ho 229 (obviosly to support interest in the documentary), information about wuderwaffen is mostly honest and serious.
Hi Antonio.
I think I confused you. My mistake.
When, at the end of my review, I said:
"Notice, no Nazi stuff above!"
By "above" I meant just my review. In other words, I was
utterly enjoying the show about Northrop and I was also
quite taken with the beauty of the Ho 229 as an aircraft
and enjoyed the 1940s artwork and the shots of the finished
model - neat angles.
I have opinions about if this aircraft really would
have changed the outcome of the war or not as well, but since
there was so much rift on this site over that aspect, I just
wanted to make sure my fellow web site members didn't miss
the really cool stuff about Northrop and the airplane itself.
Regards!
