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The first aircraft of the Horten brothers was created with considerable effort in 1933 in their parents' apartment in Bonn. Reimar Horten designed and built the machine and learned to fly it. Flight testing started in July 1933 at the Bonn-Hangelar airport, and Walter Horten, only 20 years old, made
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the first cautious hops in the aircraft on the end of a bungee cord, resulting in glides of 150 to 300 feet at altitudes of six feet or less. After a few small changes, the H.I had overcome the biggest teething troubles, and the brothers took it to the
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The H.Ib had good handling characteristics and was flown far into the 1970s by the Club de
Planeadores Otto Ballod. At the turn of the millennium, the members of the club restored their long-serving flying-wing to "better than new" condition.
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for a tug to fly the H.I back to Bonn was unsuccessful, so Walter flew the H.I for one more time, landed successfully, broke up the aircraft and burned the remains.
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flaps were installed on the wingtips, also serving as a landing aid when both flaps were activated together.
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356:References
280:Wing area:
179:Klemm L.25
157:Horten H.I
105:Horten H.I
87:July 1933
268:Wingspan:
248:Data from
236:Argentina
119:in 1933.
115:built by
111:research
74:Designer
509:aircraft
208:Variants
167:BFW M.23
604:H.XVIII
274:Height:
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448:ISBN
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232:WWII
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216:H.Ib
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