On a chilly morning in 1951, the outline of a revolutionary airplane appeared in the skies as the Boeing B-47 Stratojet etched its name in the history books. The B-47 was not only a reflection of post ...
The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of drogue parachutes. The B-47 Stratojet, a Cold War-era strategic bomber, ...
Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in the Cold War, serving in a reconnaissance role as the RB-47 to monitor the Soviet military and its ...