Message posted by Thud on June 28, 2007 at 14:21:19 PST:

On January 4, 1949, the Air Force ordered Northrop to fly 42-102367 from Muroc AFB to Washington DC for a military air display at Andrews AFB. It departed Muroc on February 9, 1949, and when it landed at Andrews it had set a new transcontinental speed record of 4 hours and 20 minutes for the 2258-mile flight, averaging 511.2 mph. The pilot was Major Robert Cardenas, who had replaced the late Capt Glen Edwards as chief of flight test on the Northrop flying wing test program. Northrop test pilot Max Stanley was also on board. During the display at Andrews AFB, President Harry Truman inspected the YB-49 and was impressed. Cardenas buzzed the Capitol building on egress from Andrews upon Truman's request. A tourist took a by change vantage shot of the flyover. That's the only photo of the event. It's somewhere out there on the net.

Thud

In Reply to: YB-49 Truman ? posted by Thud on June 28, 2007 at 14:02:24 PST:

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