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Pics of these are plentiful, but somehow, for me, and it's a personal opinion only, this and the landing pic posted a couple of days ago are just that bit above the pack.

It is a very good photo.

Surreal!

Doesn't look like anything to me.

Looks like a gun.

Excellent shot my friend .

can we read a honest opinion of a pilot how this thing flies

Nice shot.
Having been a former BUFF guy, I still marvel at the surreal look of the B2.

Looks like the Tetris piece I was hoping for. Awesome pic!

Bat Plane.

Frederik - I'm not a pilot, but flying them all boils down to computers. I've read a number of times about the challenges of the flying wing. While this design concept had been studied and a number of various prototypes were produced (even the Nazis in the Second World War tried to develop one), the inherent instability prevented any development past the prototype stage. With all sorts of sensors, the computers can make tiny corrections over and over without taxing the flight crew. One thing I'd love to know is how much of the development cost was attributed to the flight control issues. Of course, the stealth material and aircraft design involved lots of money, but addressing the flight control issues had to have been a costly exercise.

@Frederik
see the description here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35, second paragraph

I worked for Northrop-Grumman for many years