The Horten H.IV is a German tailless flying wing glider in which the pilot was to lie in a prone position to reduce the frontal area, and hence drag. It was designed by Reimar and Walter Horten in Göttingen. Four were built between 1941 and 1943. They were flown in a number of unofficial competitions in Germany during World War II.

The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229 (or Gotha Go 229 for extensive re-design work done by Gotha to prepare the aircraft for mass production) was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by Reimar and Walter Horten to be built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik.

The Hortens' glider designs were extremely simple and aerodynamic, generally consisting of a huge, tailless albatross-wing with a tiny cocoon of a fuselage, in which the pilot lay prone. The great advantage of the Horten designs was the relatively low parasitic drag of their airframes.

Oct 21, 2020 · The V1, a glider model, took to the air on February 28, 1944 and went through several successful test flights, though there were some small accidents with the revolutionary design.

The brothers Walter and Reimar Horten, just 13 and 10 years old, respectively, joined the Bonn glider club in 1925, and soon turned from flying kites to a far more ambitious...

At the end of World War II, construction of a twin engine fighter, the H.IX, was underway and plans were made to build an all-wing bomber capable of reaching New York City. Four Horten IV gliders were built in Germany in 1941.

Oct 1, 2023 · Their first tailless glider successfully flew at Bonn-Hangelar airfield in July 1933. By 1934, their pursuits led them to the Wasserkuppe, Germany’s “Gliding Mecca,” marking the first practical success of the all-wing concept.