NORTHROP, JOHN, Ph.D. John “Jack” Northrop died at his home in La Jolla on March 28, 2009. He was born in New York City on February 1, 1923. He attended the Millbrook Academy and received his ...

The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates back to World War II. That aircraft, the YB-49, minimized drag but ...

In the 1940s, the flying wing seemed destined to transform aviation with its sleek design and efficiency. But despite promising early tests, Jack Northrop’s prototypes faced engineering challenges and ...

Streaking across the Air Force proving grounds at Muroc Lake, Calif., Northrop Aircraft’s new fighter seemed for a moment to explode in the air. From the big pods at the wing tips, great puffs of ...

Aviation pioneer Jack Northrop designed the flying wing - a breakthrough that reduced drag... increased lift... and dodged radar. Northrop fought to get the flying wing into mass production - only to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Jack Northrop's Black Bullet came ...

Nobody thinks that the present design of planes is definitive. One who has revolutionary ideas about the next step is brainy, energetic John Knudsen Northrop. He thinks the tail ought to come off: he ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. John K. "Jack" Northrop's dream of an ...

On this day in aviation history, December 15, 1948, the small, white, tailless airplane rose from the Rogers Dry Lakebed into the desert skies of California. It was the Northrop X-4 Bantam, the fourth ...