Horten H.XVIII

The Horten H.XVIII was a proposed German intercontinental bomber of the Second World War, designed by the Horten brothers and never built. It was a scaled-up development of their Horten Ho 229 jet flying wing, and was one of several designs put forward for the Langstreckenbomber, a long-range bomber requirement that would have called for enough fuel to reach North America. The H.XVIIIA was a long blended wing body with six turbojets buried in the wing, a wooden structure bonded with carbon-based glue and jettisonable landing gear. After Hermann Göring reviewed it, the brothers were made to share design work with Junkers and Messerschmitt engineers, which produced the H.XVIIIB with four engines in underwing pods and a three-man crew under a bubble canopy, and the H.XVIIIC with a large tail, which the Horten brothers rejected. The war ended before any construction began.