B-47 engine nacelle at the Glenn Research Center Altitude Wind Tunnel, Ohio.
1953, crew of B-47A pose for photo after 1000th test mission.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) B-47A, August 1953.
NACA B-47A, Edwards Air Force Base, August 1953. Nose probe for measuring airspeed, altitude, angle-of-attack and angle-of-sideslip, and an optigraph behind cockpit for measuring the movements of target lights on the wing and tail.
According to Boeing, only the XB-47, B-47A and B-47B had rocket assisted take off (RATO, officially and incorrectly called JATO jet assisted take off, they were rockets not jets).
Silent USAF film of RATO by B-47Bs during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:
Photo via Boeing.
Silent U.S. Air Force film, glass nosed B-47A gets refueled by KC-97:
Silent USAF film of refuel demonstration by KC-97 during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:
1000th B-47, an E model.
USAF film explaining how changes made to B-47E elevator trim tabs played a role in a crash, however they still blame the pilot:
Silent USAF film of formation flights during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania. I left in scenes of three B-52s to show similarity of the silhouette:
Silent USAF film of landings by B-47Bs & Es during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:
RB-47E refuels from KC-97.
Silent USAF film, B-47 loses control while landing, crashes and burns:
YDB-47B carrying GAM-63 Rascal missile.
Pinecastle AFB, City of Winter Park wins Strategic Air Command competition, November 1957.
Old Blue, McKoy AFB, October 1959.
Hunter AFB, WB-47E City of Savannah Hurricane Hunter I, September 1963.
Very quick silent USAF color film of cockpit view from B-47 refueling from KC-135:
Spirit prepares to leave Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on its final flight, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.
Final flight B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.
Spirit inbound to Castle AFB, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.
B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Gillette.
The show is over for B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Gillette.
Davis Monthan AFB, October 1988, photo by Senior Airman Alan R. Wycheck.
2018 USAF video, Little Rock Air Force Base does short history of B-47:
Grissom Air Museum: B-47B
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum: B-47E
Air Force Magazine: The B-47s Deadly Dominance
Vehicle I-D:
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