Pictures of a Horten-9 under construction, this plane will be powered by a pair of  AMT Netherlands
Mercury's, the plane is being build by Erik van de Hoogen (NL)
Erik van de Hoogen working on his Horten-9.
The wing somewhere in November 1999.
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The wing early January 2000.
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Nosegear strut build by Aad van Sorgen.                         An other view of the nosegear strut.
The main gear.
Pneumatics for the retracts.
Erik van de Hoogen and his Horten-9 wing at the end of March 2000.
Erik and his Horten 9 wing early March 2001 installing the engines.
Left engine bay of the Horten 9
Front view of this impressive wing.
Side view of the Horten 9, watch the angle of the landing gear.
Rear view of the Horten 9.

April  2001.

Aad van Sorgen (left) and Erik van de Hoogen covering one of the H9 wings. 
 


The Horten-9 at the end of May 2001.

The immense middle section of the H9 flying wing.
The high angle of the landing gear is of course 100% scale

Aad van Sorgen (left) and Erik van de Hoogen preparing 
for the first flight the Horten 9.

The final check before the first flight on 25 May,  2001. 

The first take off.

A beautiful low pass over the model airfield at Nederweert in 
the south of the Netherlands

The Horten 9 at final, just before touchdown.

 Cooling down of both Mercury HP with two computer fans
after the first flight.

 Nice rear view of the two Mercury HP ductings.

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