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if you want to learn a bit about flying wing design origin, it goes back to the mid 1930's: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/02/burnelli-or-northrop-flying-wing.html
the above is labeled Northrup YB-49 Flying Wing, 1947
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the above is labeled Northrup YB-49 Flying Wing, 1947
found on http://cetaceous.tumblr.com
The bottom picture is the final version of the the YB-49, the YRB-49A, a recon version. Note the podded engines under the wings, and the reduction in in-wing engines from 8 to 4. Noyt visible is the large radar bulge in the belly, ahead of the shortened tail-cone.
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