Key Points – The Boeing B-47 Stratojet, developed in the late 1940s as the first US jet-powered medium bomber, was a technological marvel featuring a revolutionary swept-wing and podded-engine ...

Was the B-47 Stratojet just too good for its own time, or did its revolutionary engineering compel an entire generation of pilots and designers to reconsider what was possible and survivable in ...

The six-engine configuration was also distinct—and more importantly, powerful; when the B-47 rolled off the assembly line in the late 1940s, the type was regarded as the fastest bomber in the world.

The story of another nuclear weapon unaccounted for in the U.S. There have been a lot of articles about the famous collision of a B-47 carrying a nuclear bomb, with a F-86 over the skies of ...

Four New Jet Engines Do Work of Six in B-47 ...

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet represented a milestone in aviation history and a revolution in aircraft design. In fact it incorporated many advanced features for the time, including swept wings, jet ...

A smashed engine from a crashed B-47 bomber attracted the attention of spectators, who flocked to the scene north of Comfrey to view the crash 50 years ago. File photo ...

Idling your gas-powered car to warm it up in winter can cause damage to the engine’s pistons and cylinders, while also lowering fuel efficiency over time.

Modern aircraft in the U.S. Air Force is all, to some extent, derived from the B-47 Stratojet - one of the first jet-engine military planes in service.

CALGARY - Parkland Corp.'s biggest shareholder says it plans to vote in favour of the company's planned takeover by U.S. heavyweight Sunoco LP, while another major investor said it won't ...