In the years after World War I, when aviation was all the rage in Europe and North America but the Treaty of Versailles banned the production of military aircraft in Germany, glider clubs sprang up ...

The sale of over 400 pieces of jewelry once owned by late art collector Heidi Horten broke records at a series of auctions earlier this year. But amid ongoing criticism from Jewish advocacy groups and ...

The Horten Ho 229 was the first jet-powered flying-wing prototype, designed to combine speed, efficiency, reduced radar ...

The aircraft has always intrigued aviation fans. But after a 2009 National Geographic Channel special aired, touting the Horten Ho 229 V3 flying wing’s “stealthy” characteristics and claiming it was ...

Christie’s initial sale of roughly 100 rare jewels from the collection of the late Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten soared above expectations, netting the auction house $156 million in Geneva ...

The Horten HX-2 flying wing has completed initial flight testing, demonstrating a preliminary range of 2,123 miles and over 24 hours of endurance at a long-range cruise speed of 87 mph. The aircraft's ...

Flying wings are rare, primarily due to design challenges for large passenger aircraft, but show promise in military, UAV, and smaller private aviation applications like the Horten HX-2. The two-seat ...

The first three parts of Christie’s controversial Heidi Horten jewelry sale, consisting of two live auctions in Geneva and one online auction totaling 402 lots, achieved more than $202.1 million, ...

We all know a plane can’t fly without wings – but can wings fly without a body? A new fuselage-free “flying wing” prototype has proved that it can, and it made its global debut at Germany’s AERO ...

When Marie Antoinette’s pearl—one of the jewels smuggled out of the country as the King and Queen prepared to escape—was sold at Sothebys for a record breaking $36 million in 2018, the buyer remained ...