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 ...9Vctober 1951
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Valiant and Boeing B-47 Stratojet
f.F. and U.S.A.F. Respectively
^ x* ...
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 ... American B-45C Tornado, of
the type already well established in U.S.A.F. service.
The tip tanks are seen to be finned in order to ensure
clearance of the structure when they are jettisoned.
Below, a Boeing B-47 Stratojet is seen getting away
under the combined thrust of six General Electric J-47
turbojets and eighteen rockets. The immense power is
required to lift the unspecified fuel and militar...
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 ...remarked in the introduction that present-day military —particularly those of Britain's V-bombers (the Vulcan, Valiant aircraft display an amazing diversity in design, and nowhere and Victor) wim the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. The superior high-
is this more pronounced man in die case of bombers, the prin- altitude performance of die British machines can well be under-
cipal examples of which are here...
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BOMBERS • w
Clustered jet units and a tandem double-wheel main undercarria^t,
with outrigger stabilizing wheels, characterizes the Martin XB-48.
b Twin TG-180 axial-flow turbo jets are mounted ...
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 ...254 FLIGHT MARCH 4TH, 1948
Bombers of the Powers
American high-speed bombers: (I) Martin XB-48, (2) Northrop
XB-35, (3) Boeing XB-47 Stratojet. (4) Northrop XB-49. Of these
the XB-47 is likely to be t...
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Netherlands Service : American Piston-engin^d and Twin-jet
Night Fighters for Naval Use : Air-to-Air Rockets
AS the American production machine speeds up, scenes such as that on the left, depicting, Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers in production at the Boeing Company's Wichita plant, becomeincreasingly common. The Stratojet is powered by six General Electric J-47 axial-flow turbo-
jets, each of 5,20...
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 ...Short S. A. /4 prototypes, both with Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets. Perhaps the cleanest multi-engined aircraft yet built, the Valiant,
displays, when compared with its nearest American counterpart the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, a large wing area, and the wing roots
are of sufficient chord and depth (thanks to a sharp sweeping for ward of the leading edges) to accommodate the bulk of the Avons.
The do...
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 ...rmer
category being the Boeing RB-29 and RB-50 Superfortresses, and Convair RB-36. For the present the sole jet-propelled type
is the North American RB-45 Tornado, but, eventually, a variant of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet will be introduced. The RB-50D
carries a total of nine cameras in addition to bombs, special radar and flight-refuelling gear, and the RB-36 has provision for fourteen
cameras—...
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 ...FLIGHT, 26 January 1950
Though Very Advanced
Jet-propelled Types are
Being Developed, Piston-
engined Bombers Still
Preponderate in the
Air Forces of the Powers
Avro Lincoln four Merlin—rearguard of t...
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 ...FLIGHT, -26 January 195a
Bombers
Martin XB-5I three-jet army-support bomber.
Rocket-assisted take-off by Boeing XB-47 Stratojet.
of defensive armament, it will nevertheless be able to
destroy the bomb...
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Space Exhibit in the Astronomy Gallery of the Science Museum, South Kensington, is
"Flight International's" survey (November 15, 1962) of all spacecraft launched into orbit or
beyond during the ...
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 ...s a pilotin that branch of the Service. With the help of her £150 scholar-
ship she is to try to obtain her assistant flying instructor's certifi-cate—probably at Liverpool.
Living up to its Number
A BOEING B-47 Stratojet of the U.S.A.F. has stayed in theair continuously for 47 hr 35 min, covering during that time
some 21,000 miles (i.e., about four-fifths of the earth's circum-ference). The crew ...
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 ...FLIGHT, 5 January 1950
HERE
and
THERE
New A.S.T. Students
FIFTY officers and N.C.O.s of theIrani Air Force will shortly begin
a period of aeronautical training in
Britain, by an arrangement between th...
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 ...r this
type of accommoda-
tion, but a writing-
room in each block
may, if desired, be
converted into a bed-
room for four.
"' Flight " photograph.
Boosted Stratojet : TA
NEW version of the swept-wing
Boeing B-47 Stratojet now flying is
equipped with six General Electric J-47
turbojets—giving a total thrust output of
30,000 lb—in place of the 4,0001b thrust
J-35 units fitted to the original version...
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•:$0>-m.p.K'rti>nh American 8-45 carries 2QJD00 Ib of bombs for 2,200 milesi
ALL.JET BOMBER AIR FORCE — ?
Boeing XB-47 Stratojet is now well up in the running for
future production orders. The combi...
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 ...MARCH 3RD, 1949 FLIGHT 243
BOMBERS
CROSSROADS
Boeing XB-47 Stratojet and Northrop XB-49 epitomize America's lead in jet-bomber design.
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Twin-Jet British "Medium" to Fly Soon : American Emphasis o...
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 ...FLIGHT,
3 June 1955
759
The F.F.A. P-16
attack prototype,
powered by an Arm-
strong Siddeley Sap-
phire, has now done
several hours flying
(an in-flight view
was published in our
May 23rd issue).
Poin...
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 ...20 May 1955
AIRCRAFT
INTELLIGENCE
679
Great Britain
Civil Registrations. Among recent addi-
tions to the register of British civil aircraft
is G-AOBG—the Somers-KendaU SK.l
single-seat jet racer; its ...
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 ...have been built since that time. Among
basic differences, compared with the AD-6,are an improved Wright R-3350-26WB
engine and strengthened wings "to prolongservice life under higher tactical loads."
Boeing B-47 Stratojet. All the require-
ments of Strategic Air Command having
now been satisfied, surplus bombers of this
type are being diverted to Tactical Air
Command. They will be equipped with
th...
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 ...LIGHT, 29 October 1954 647
AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE
The 1,000th Boeing B-47 Stratojet to be built by the Boeing Airplane Company's Wichita Division
was rollidjput onjSctober 14th in the presence of 30,000 employees. The "posters" on the air
craft arerhHtmy, and ...
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