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XB-47 Stratojet Rollout
XB-47 Stratojet Rollout 
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XB-47 Stratojet Takeoff 
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Building the XB-47 Stratojet Prototype 
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XB-47 Stratojet JATO Takeoff from Moses Lake 
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YB-52 Stratofortress with B-47 Stratojet at Boeing Field 
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XB-47 Stratojet JATO Test 
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XB-47 Stratojet in Flight 
XB-47 Stratojet in Flight
XB-47 Stratojet in Flight 
XB-47 Stratojet in Flight
XB-47 Stratojet in Flight 
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XB-47 Stratojet Bomb Drop Test 
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RB-47 Stratojet Takeoff 
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XB-47 Stratojet JATO Test 
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XB-47 Stratojet First Takeoff

At the time of its first flight, Dec. 17, 1947, the B-47 Stratojet represented a radical departure from traditional design, and it set the design standards for all large jet aircraft until the present time. The six-engine Boeing B-47 was America's first multiengine swept-wing jet bomber. Its thin 116-foot wing was extraordinarily flexible and swept back at a 35-degree angle. Eighteen small rocket units in the fuselage provided jet-assisted takeoff (JATO), and parachutes cut its landing speeds. Later models were powered by 5,200-pound-thrust axial-flow jet engines, and top speeds were 600 mph. A total of 2,032 B-47s in all versions were built.
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Unique identifier BI210022 
Boeing ID p7787 
Type Image 
Size 6000px × 4800px   27MB 
License type RM 
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