another one without a vertical stabilizer

went back to same place which is frosty now so all the relics were stuck to the shoreline stopping them from being washed out back to sea:

anyone any idea?

part of the intake manifold system from a Bristol Peagasus?

according to wiki…

North American had scoured the literature to find any additional advantage. This led them to an obscure report by two NACA wind tunnel experts who wrote a report in 1956 entitled “Aircraft Configurations Developing High Lift-Drag Ratios at High Supersonic Speeds”. Known today as compression lift, the idea was to use the shock wave generated off the nose or other sharp points on the aircraft as a source of high pressure air. By carefully positioning the wing in relation to the shock, the shock’s high pressure could be captured on the bottom of the wing and generate additional lift. To take maximum advantage of this effect, they redesigned the underside of the aircraft to feature a large triangular intake area far forward of the engines, better positioning the shock in relation to the wing.

North American improved on the basic concept by adding a set of drooping wing tip panels that were lowered at high speed. This helped trap the shock wave under the wing between the downturned wing tips, and also added more vertical surface to the aircraft to improve directional stability at high speeds. NAA’s solution had an additional advantage, as it decreased the surface area of the rear of the wing when they were moved into their high speed position. This helped offset the rearward shift of the center of pressure, or “average lift point”, with increasing speeds. Under normal conditions this caused an increasing nose-down trim, which had to be offset by moving the control surfaces, increasing drag. When the wing tips were drooped the surface area at the rear of the wings was lowered, moving the lift forward and counteracting this effect, reducing the need for control inputs.

Was at ATR (former RAF) Bassingbourn for my army basic training, quite alot of the airfield technical site remains including 3 hangers, one of which is the gymnasium and the original ATC. Half the main runway is still in place with some peri track, spent many a day running around there!!

Taken around 1955

Taken around 2010

The old watch tower

another film star……….

That’s another bird… The people at Northon build a Horten model.
Not an Arado..

yes i know they built a Horton model, Bar Side was asking about the Horton not the Arado.

hi all first post so be kind……..

i believe that the air vice marshal second from the right is Leonard Slatter, if you look at his medals he has the KBE, DSC and DFC the same as Sir Leonard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Slatter