T he B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of drogue parachutes.. T he B-47 Stratojet, a Cold War-era strategic bomber ...

The Forgotten Pioneer: The B-47 Stratojet’s Impact on Cold War Strategy A slew of U.S. bomber aircraft have transcended the military community to become iconic weapons of war in the eyes of the ...

Every large jet aircraft today is a descendant of the B-47. ... B-47 Statrojet: The Key Details. The Stratojet made her maiden flight on December 17, 1947, ...

The first reconnaissance variant of the B-47 came to be known as the RB-47B. Several B-47B aircraft were converted to a photo-reconnaissance version by adding a heated pod containing eight cameras ...

The Boeing B-47 was the first swept-wing multi-engine bomber in service with the USAF. It was truly a quantum leap in aviation history, and is the forerunner of numerous jet aircraft types in ...

An artwork by artist Peter Chilelli depicts the Boeing B-47 Stratojet nuclear-capable strategic bomber underneath the Mackinaw Bridge on Apr. 24, 1959.

One of the more extreme engine conversions of the platform, the Chase XC-123A incorporated turbojets in pods like the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. [U.S. Air Force] Not all cargo aircraft begin their ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History has launched an ambitious campaign through Indi ...

The Stratojet crew consisted of 31-year-old U.S. Air Force Maj. Frederick E. Ewing of Parker, Indiana, and three USAF Captains—28-year-old Oscar W. Yon of Eckley, West Virginia, 29-year-old ...