I’d expect the B-1 rather than the B-2 for now though
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there were two made? I- death star explosion
How do you even fly it, how do you even see where youre going, what the hell lol
So in reality there were more than two prototypes but only two are still visible today at the Bourget Museum (they are the best known models anyway).
First there was the Leduc 010, to be honest I don’t even know how you get into the plane, as for whether flying with it was possible, the plane flew but it seems that it was not a pleasure
Then the Leduc 021 and 022, these two aircraft have a very clear improvement in the cockpit with very good visibility towards the sides (even if towards the front it remains disastrous), these were apparently simpler to fly and were rather good aircraft
It should be noted that with more than 700 flights on Leduc aircraft, there have only been 4 accidents (including one on the ground during re-rolling) and that none of these accidents killed any pilots.
But generally speaking, the most beautiful Leduc aircraft are those that were not built, there were surprising designs like twin-engine interceptors or supersonic heavy bombers.
this is like something out of The Incredibles or something, now I really want to know what the cockpit looks like, seems like the pilot… laid down in there?
what were they smoking when they made that first one, looks like a submarine.
Pretty sure the pilot did lay down, but eh that ain’t the craziest prototype ever tbh
It was basically just a ramjet with wings
Yes, the pilot was more or less lying down in the cockpit. On the other hand, we don’t have many sources on what the cockpit might have looked like (apart from the photo below).
oh dear god that looks uncomfortable, strong pucker factor.