As Allied air supremacy over Germany became ever stronger from 1943 onwards, new, superior fighters were needed to tip the balance in Germany's favour. Thus it was that radical designs such as the Horten H IX flying wing jet fighter were given a chance by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM, the German Air Ministry).The H IX was one of the concepts for a jet-powered flying wing put to Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring by brothers Reimar and Walter Horten. Goring was apparently impressed, but demanded a 1,000km range, a 1,000kg payload and a top speed of 1,000km/h. The initial prototype was developed at the specially created Luftwaffen-Kommando IX in Göttingen, the Horten brothers' former glider workshop. The prototype H IX V1 was built as a glider and flew for the first time on 1 March 1944.
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机译：自1943年以来，随着盟军对德国的空中优势日益强大，需要新的高级战斗机来平衡德国的青睐。因此，帝国空军（RLM，German Air Ministry）给了Horten H IX飞行机翼战斗机这样的激进设计机会.H IX是应用于Reichsmarschall的喷气动力飞行机翼的概念之一雷曼（Reimar）和沃尔特·霍滕（Walter Horten）兄弟的赫尔曼·戈林（Hermann Goring）戈林显然给人留下了深刻的印象，但要求续航里程为1,000公里，有效载荷为1,000公斤，最高时速为1,000公里/小时。最初的原型是在霍滕兄弟的前滑翔机车间哥廷根的特制Luftwaffen-Kommando IX上开发的。 H IX V1原型机是作为滑翔机制造的，于1944年3月1日首次飞行。
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