Horten H-Vc, Experimental Flying Wing
This early ‘flying wing’ was converted from its two-seated predecessor, the H-Vb, into a single-seated aircraft. It was driven by two pusher propellers, each powered by a Hirth-HM60R aircooled engine of 80 hp. The aircraft could reach a max. speed of 260 km/hr. The original paintings were in standard Luftwaffe camouflage, assigned to the code PE + HO. The H-Vc made its first flight on May 26, 1942. It was extensively tested at the military airfield in Goettingen as a experimental platform to study the aerodynamics of flying wings until it crashed in 1943.
