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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 2109.PDF
5io FLIGHT w,HEN the 600-m.p.h., six-jet Boeing B-47 bomber (left-hand views), with its high aspect, small-area wing and six "podded" turbojets, appeared in 1947 it was unique in its class. Now, at long last, Britain can show with pride the Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant (right-hand views), seen here to represent a very different approach to the problem of reconciling high performance with long range and load- carrying capacity. With its generous wing area and four " buried " Rolls-Royce Avons, the Valiant should be able to operate at exceptional heights (with advantage to speed and range) and, as demonstrated at the recent S.B.A.C. Display, has take-off and landing characteristics which are hardly compatible with the wing loading ascribed to the Boeing. But whereas the first B-47s are coming into squadron service, we must regret that only a single Valiant exists. ,TWO APPROAC Graphic Comparisons of the Vickers Multi-jet High-speed Bombers, fi V
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