#Boeing B-47 Stratojet

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Run away on the runway.

[lonestarflight]

A Boeing B-47 Stratojet taking off with the assistance of JATOs (Jet Assist Take off), from the Portsmouth Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: February 8, 1956

NARA: 6925452

[blackros78]

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

[usafphantom2]

A Northrop YB-49 flying next to a Boeing XB-47 Stratojet.

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[longislandairpower]

The B-29 first flew in 1942. The B-47 first flew in 1947. What a leap in aeronautics we made in those 5 years!

It’s also a reminder that as futuristic as the B-47 was, it was manufactured with WWII technology.

(That’s B-50 at top, a B-29 on the bottom.)

[dronescapesvideos]

Originally, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was equipped with internal JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) rockets.

➤➤ B-47 Video: https://youtu.be/WVlCdrag0AI

➤➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/b47

[nocternalrandomness]

1950 photograph of a Boeing B-47E Stratojet

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Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

[dangerousthingobservation]

Boeing : B-47 : Stratojet

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Catalog #: 00010729 Manufacturer: Boeing Designation: B-47 Official Nickname: Stratojet Notes: Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

[2sundowner69]

Getty Images, Boeing B 47 Stratojet

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 12.17 (after 1940)

1943 – All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act. 1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper. 1945 – Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran). 1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. 1948 – The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police. 1950 – The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea. 1951 – The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations. 1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1960 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt. 1960 – Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed. 1961 – Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500. 1967 – Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs. 1970 – Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. 1973 – Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport. 1981 – American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy. 1983 – Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed. 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire. 1989 – Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years. 1989 – The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". 1997 – Peruvian internal conflict: 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement provoke a hostage crisis by taking over the Japanese embassy in Lima. 1997 – Aerosvit Flight 241: A Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into the Pierian Mountains near Thessaloniki Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece, killing all 70 people on board. 2002 – Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. 2003 – The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice. 2003 – SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight. 2003 – Sex work rights activists establish December 17 (or "D17") as International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers to memorialize victims of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, and highlight State violence against sex workers by police and others.[18] 2005 – Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. 2005 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan. 2009 – MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. 2014 – The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

[lonestarflight]

"In the center foreground of this 1953 hangar photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator research. It arrived on November 28, 1949, and departed on April 21, 1954. Beside it is the third D-558-1 aircraft (NACA 142/Navy 37972). This aircraft was used for a total of 78 transonic research flights from April 1949 to June 1954. It replaced the second D-558-1, lost in the crash which killed Howard Lilly. Just visible on the left edge is the nose of the first D-558-2 (NACA 143/Navy 37973). Douglas turned the aircraft over to NACA on August 31, 1951, after the contractor had completed its initial test flights. NACA only made a single flight with the aircraft, on September 17, 1956, before the program was cancelled. In the center of the photo is the B-47A (NACA 150/Air Force 49-1900). The B-47 jet bomber, with its thin, swept-back wings, and six podded engines, represented the state of the art in aircraft design in the early 1950s. The aircraft undertook a number of research activities between May 1953 and its 78th and final research flight on November 22, 1957. The tests showed that the aircraft had a buffeting problem at speeds above Mach 0.8. Among the pilots who flew the B-47 were later X-15 pilots Joe Walker, A. Scott Crossfield, John B. McKay, and Neil A. Armstrong.

On the right side of the B-47 is NACA's X-1 (Air Force 46-063). The second XS-1 aircraft built, it was fitted with a thicker wing than that on the first aircraft, which had exceeded Mach 1 on October 14, 1947. Flight research by NACA pilots indicated that this thicker wing produced 30 percent more drag at transonic speeds compared to the thinner wing on the first X-1. After a final flight on October 23, 1951, the aircraft was grounded due to the possibility of fatigue failure of the nitrogen spheres used to pressurize the fuel tanks. At the time of this photo, in 1953, the aircraft was in storage. In 1955, the aircraft was extensively modified, becoming the X-1E."

Date: April 27, 1953

NASA ID: E-960

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Tuskegee Airman John Lyman Whitehead Jr. (“Mr. Death”) (May 14, 1924 – September 6, 1992) served in WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He was the first African American to graduate from the US Air Force Test Pilot School, one of the first to become a jet pilot instructor, and the first to fly the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber.

He was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. His father, John Lyman Whitehead Sr served as the Business Manager and Treasurer at Saint Paul’s College. He found work as a line boy at Charleston Airport. He joined the Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps when he reached the minimum age of 19 during WWII. He was selected for training as a pilot and sent to Tuskegee Army Air Field, where he became one of the Tuskegee airmen. He earned his wings on September 8, 1944, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant.

He was assigned to the 301st Fighter Squadron in Italy in March 1945. He flew 19 combat missions before the war in Europe ended. During one mission his squadron was attacked by 33 German fighters, and lost two Mustangs, he only narrowly avoided being shot down. On another mission, German anti-aircraft guns holed his wings and a piece of shrapnel went through his parachute, just inches from his body.

He left the Air Force in January 1947 to enter West Virginia State College, where he earned a BS. He returned to duty with the 332nd Fighter Group, but it was disbanded on July 1, 1949.

He saw combat during the Korean War, flying 104 missions. He was assigned to Northrop Corporation at Hill Air Force Base as a test pilot. He was part of class 57C at the Air Force Test Pilot School and became the first African American to graduate. He flew combat missions in the Vietnam War and served at Edwards Air Force Base as a squadron and deputy group commander. He retired from the Air Force in 1974. He had flown over 9,500 hours, of which 5,000 was in jets. He never had an accident.

He served as a California State Park Commissioner. A camping ground at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park was named in his honor. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[usafphantom2]

A Northrop YB-49 with the Boeing XB-47 Stratojet.

credit U.S. Air Force

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Un avion porteur Boeing DB-47 Stratojet (B-47B modifié) transporte un missile air-sol supersonique Bell GAM-63 Rascal, dans les années 50s. Après le lancement, le missile a continué vers sa cible prédéterminée contrôlée par un système de guidage autonome. La trajectoire du Rascal pouvait aussi être modifiée par son avion porte-avions.

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Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Rare Original Documentary