YB-49A Flying Wing signed by Bob Cardenas 1/100 Scale Model Aircraft

This model is hand signed on the base by Brigadier General Bob Cardenas.  General Cardenas was the Chief Air Force Test Pilot of the Northrop YB-49flying wing.

The Northrop YB-49 was a prototype jet-powered flying wing medium bomber aircraft developed by Northrop for the United States Air Force shortly after World War II. It was a development of the piston-engined YB-35, and the two YB-49s actually built were both converted YB-35 test aircraft. The aircraft was never to enter production, however, being passed over in favor of the more conventional Convair B-36 in service