The Northrop B-35 was difficult to defend

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Bill Walker

I hate to sound like a conspiracy theory guy, but the real reason for the Northrop flying wings not proceeding may lie in the procurement methods of the US, and the advantage that gave at the time to "well established" companies like Convair and Boeing.

I understood that it had stability problems that nowadays can be handled by computers and fly-by-wire but weren't soluble then.