The fictional BV38 was designed for the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark by production designer Norman Reynolds. It was inspired by the Horten229.
The elaborate prop was built in England by Vickers Aircraft Company and painted at EMI Elstree Studios in London, before being disassembled and sent in parts to Tunisia, then rebuilt on location for filming. After the Flying Wing was destroyed in the film in 1981, the remains sat quietly in the Tunisian desert, where parts of it was salvaged by prop collectors. In 1991, ten years after the production of Raiders Of The Lost Ark, the Flying Wing was finally bulldozed and its remains destroyed.
I always was fascinated by this fictional airplane and its beautiful design. So i have made it as a part of a modding project for Hearts of Iron IV, where i use that thing as a light bomber and ground attac aircraft.
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