Boeing B-47 Stratojet - Wikipedia
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long- range, six-engined, turbojet -powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet ...
Boeing RB-47H Stratojet - National Museum of the USAF
Boeing B-47B. To leave the ground, a fully laden Stratojet required the additional thrust from takeoff rockets in the rear fuselage. Early B-47s carried these rocket units internally, while later Stratojets dropped them after takeoff. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Interior Tour) - YouTube
Nov 2, 2011 · September 27, 2010 - Strategic Air Command (SAC) Museum, Ashland, NE. Quick and dirty, blink-and-you'll-miss-it, tour. My Dad didn't come in with me as he'd given me the annotated tour earlier, so...
Boeing Images - Boeing B-47 Stratojet B-roll
Boeing B-47 Stratojet B-roll. The Boeing B-47 was the country's first swept-wing multiengine bomber. It represented a milestone in aviation history and a revolution in aircraft design. Every large jet aircraft today is a descendant of the B-47.
Boeing WB-47E Stratojet | The Museum of Flight
The B-47 Stratojet is one of the most important aircraft ever designed by The Boeing Company. It was the world's first large swept-wing aircraft, ushering in a long line of jet bombers and civil transports.
Aerospaceweb.org | Aircraft Museum - B-47 Stratojet
Mar 17, 2012 · Boeing B-47 Stratojet history, specifications, schematics, pictures, and data.
Boeing B-47 Stratojet - Aviation History
The B-47 became the first true modern bomber to fill the ranks of General Curtiss Lemay's new Strategic Air Command. With long range, high altitude capabilities, the "Stratojet" became the backbone of SAC in the early 1950s.
Boeing Images - B-47 Stratojet Ejection Seat Test
The six-engine Boeing B-47 was America’s first multiengine swept-wing jet bomber. Its thin 116-foot wing was extraordinarily flexible and swept back at a 35-degree angle. Eighteen small rocket units in the fuselage provided jet-assisted takeoff (JATO), and parachutes cut its landing speeds.
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Technical data - Ultimate Specs
The first ever swept wing bomber. Data for B-47E. The bomber had ejection seats for the crew. Defensive armament: 2x 20 mm M24A1 cannons in remotely controlled tail turret.
Boeing B-47E Stratojet aviation photos on JetPhotos
Note: A B-47 Stratojet on display at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. This is one of only 24 intact B47's. The airplane was disassembled in June, 2007 and moved to Wichita, Kansas where it will be on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum.