The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that high-speed landing gear (180 knots) was required; the landing was assisted, however, with a ribbon-like drag chute that would slow the bomber down.

Air Industries Group Secures Two Contracts worth $1.5 Million for Landing Gear Components for the USAF B1-B Lancer Bomber and F-16 Fighting Falcon Air Industries Group (“Air Industries”) (NYSE ...

Surveillance and cellphone footage showed the plane making the final approach with the rear left landing gear not working correctly and in an “askew” position. Investigators discovered the ...

Tandem bicycle landing gear folded into the fuselage ... of the aforementioned aircraft as well as superior speed made the B-47 an ideal reconnaissance platform. The first reconnaissance variant ...