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27 mar 2024 · The first swept wing fighter would be the North American F-86 Sabre. Soon the swept wing bomber would also be reality. Built by Boeing, designated as B-47 and named the Stratojet it was a quantum leap in aircraft development.
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.
Book description Built by Boeing, designated as B-47 and named the Stratojet, this plane was quantum leap in aircraft development. Initially Boeing entered the unknown when they started this project, but soon it would be evident that Strategic Air Command would have its multi-engine jet bomber with a speed performance similar to the latest jet ...
The B-47 was the aircraft upon which Strategic Air Command (SAC) based its capability pending the development and delivery of the B-52. First proposed during WWII as a high-speed...
A book on Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers? Explore here illustrated books on the history, construction and deployment of Boeing bombers.
It takes you along on test flights, gives you the controls of nuclear-armed B-47s, and walks you into hangars to meet the crews whose work made the B-47 fly and fly again. It contains...
27 sie 2018 · At the onset of the Cold War, an American jet-powered bomber seemed to be the optimal choice to carry atomic bombs in any attack on the Soviet Union. After a brief competition, Strategic Air Command chose the Boeing B-47 Stratojet which flew higher and was faster than all but supersonic fighters.
