@ Half Moon Bay, CA
May 2011
The Northrop N-9M was an approximate one-third scale, 60-ft wingspan aircraft used for the development of the 172-ft wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber programs. When Northrop’s Flying Wing bomber program was canceled, all remaining N-9M flight test aircraft, except for the final N-9MB, were scrapped. Planes of Fame Air Museum acquired the aircraft in 1981 and restoration was completed 13 years later with flight testing completed in 1996. Tragically, this one-of-a-kind aircraft was lost in a 2019 crash in which Planes of Fame pilot David Vopat was killed. Nikon D300 w/18-200mm.
