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What happened on the final flight of the namesake for Edwards Air Force Base
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What happened on the final flight of the namesake for Edwards Air Force Base
On Friday, June 4, 1948, Air Force test pilot Glen Edwards felt slightly frustrated.Maj. Daniel Forbes Jr. was perturbed, too. With Forbes as the pilot and Edwards as his co-pilot, they tested a jet-propelled, heavy bomber prototype known as YB-49 No. 2. The YB-49 was a Flying Wing with eight turbojet engines and four vertical stabilizers. It had no fuselage or tails. For all of its sleek design, the YB-49 sometimes proved difficult to control i…
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