Completely enclosed within the outer skin of the XB-35 there is a manysided room that houses the 15-man crew. Pressurized for high altitudes and large enough to provide sleeping accommodations for six, it is the heart of the flying wing.
Around this center of operations is a mass of trusswork resembling a bridge - a simpler structure than that of a conventional airplane because the craft's weight is distributed throughout the wing and needs no "beefing up" around a fuselage.
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