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[SAS~Storebror]

Okay, here we go.
Not sure if this will be easy... it seems like to me, but I know the solution



Best regards - Mike

[P51vsFw190]

Can we get a country of origin?

[SAS~Storebror]

Seriously, isn't that obvious?

[SAS~GJE52]

Well.. if I had to guess I would put it down to one of Northrop's offerings .. beyond that I am at a loss 

[P51vsFw190]

Wait a second.....is that a Horton?

[max_thehitman]

 

[P51vsFw190]

No way!

It cant be.

[SAS~Storebror]

Okay I see, it's not as obvious as I thought it would be.
Hint:
The plane is of German origin.
It's not alien technology.
It's not a "what if" fake.
The picture is a real photography of an actually flying German aircraft.

Best regards - Mike

[cmnderbob]

Horton H0-2 1935

[SAS~Storebror]

This is so right and so wrong at the same time, but let's allow this to count as "solved" for now.
Wrong parts of the answer are marked red:

Horton H0-2 1935

Let me tell the full story:
The picture shows the Horten Ho 2 (or Ho II) L "Habicht" Serial No. 6, Reg. No. D-10-125 in the year 1944.
The plane was manufactured in 1937 and was originally planned to be a motor glider.
It was flown on many air shows and competitions.
In 1943, when the Horten brothers have been commissioned for development of flying wings for the Luftwaffe, the D-10-125 was used as an experimental aircraft.
In 1944, during the development of the Ho 9 (or H 9 or Ho IX or Ho 229), which was later to become the Gotha Go 229, the D-10-125 was modified with the central leading edge transparencies being reduced to two separate panels on either side of ply skinning and was flown as a "wind-tunnel substitute" for the Ho 9 V-6, with its extended, pointed nose, dummy air-intakes and exhausts, and later twin small fins.
The picture shows a test flight before the fins were attached, it was taken from the book "Jet Planes of the Third Reich, The Secret Projects" Vol. 1 by Manfred Griehl, published by Monogram in 1998.

Your turn cmnderbob.

Best regards - Mike

[Gatrasz]

and was flown as a "wind-tunnel substitute" for the Ho 9 V-6, with its extended, pointed nose, dummy air-intakes and exhausts, and later twin small fins.
The picture shows a test flight before the fins were attached

Okay, thank you for the explanation ! I would have bet on the Horten III, one of the early motorized versions during some drag test for jet or classical engines, but I would have been wrong  

[P51vsFw190]

Man, that gave me a wicked headache. Also apologies for misspelling Horton.