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.

Once the port wing tank was jettisoned, Richardson lowered the flaps and landing gear and slowed the B-47 to 220 knots to determined how controllable the damaged bomber was.

Why Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Bomber Was a Game Changer for the Air Force. August 21, 2019. By ... fuselage-mounted main landing gear and automated systems that reduced the standard crew size ...

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in the Cold War, ... Tandem bicycle landing gear folded into the fuselage, ...