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[[image - black and white photograph of 'flying wing' aircraft taking off of runway with two plumes of dark-colored exhaust trailing behind from eight engines]]

A jet-propelled flying wing bomber, Northrop's YB-49, soars into the air on its test flight. With eight jet engines, craft is described by its builders as world's most powerful airplane. It took off at Hawthorne. -AP Wirephoto.