Screen Shot 2014-10-20 at 20.31.38 Published on October 20, 2014 in 21 October 1947Full resolution (1638 × 993) ← Previous Next → Northrop YB-49 42-102367 takes off from Northrop Field, Hawthorne California. Note teh crowds of onlookers and residential housing along W. 120th Street, on the north side of the airport. (U.S. Air Force)