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The U.S. Air Force Northrop XP-79B, experimental jet aircraft, 1945. Note the Fairchild AT-21-FB Gunner aircraft (s/n 42-11742) in the background.

The XP-79 was initially designed as a rocket powered flying wing and featured a cockpit where the pilot lay in the prone position which theoretically allowed him to withstand up to 20 g's. The aircraft crashed on its first flight with turbojet engines on 12th September 1945.
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Source National Museum of the U.S. Air Force photo 060913-F-1234P-016
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