Aye, Dan. During World War 2, the Germans worked on a project they called the "Amerika Bomber" that was essentially a flying wing, made mostly of wood. On paper, it would be able to bomb New York and return to Germany, without refueling. Once they were given money to develop it, they were stuck with a committee that had final say on the design. They decided to add all kinds of unnecessary parts, such as vertical stabilizers, ect, which killed its range and payload capacity, to the point where the designers gave up in disgust. It probably would have worked.

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