B-47 Beautiful bomber

[Jager52]

What a great looking aircraft. The movie Strategic Air Command is one of my favorites. In the link, note the ground crewman have no ear pro!

Also it is a good painting resource.
Jager

 

[davparlr]

The B-47 was a very clean machine and was quite fast on anemic engines, 6,000 lb thrust J47. The B-47 was never updated engine wise. I was wondering what the B-47 could have done with better engines like the J57 used in the B-52. The J57 had about twice the thrust of the j47. The J57 was slightly bigger and a bit over a 1000 lbs heavier. If it was not too hard to strengthen the wings to hold the weight and power, the B-47 may have been capable of high subsonic speeds. With the added speed and altitude the engines could provide, the B-47 could have been a continuing threat until the Mig-21 arrived in 1959. I think the Mig-19 would have had a hard time intercepting it. Of course the AF was only interesting in getting the B-52 at that time and there was no thought of adding money to the B-47 program.

 

[GreenKnight121]

Do you know that you can "fly" this bird and make your own shots over terrain of your choice...

Just don't pay attention to the cockpit's model.

View: https://youtu.be/LnxJ9tZLEKo

Does the game include a random chance of blowing up in midair?

Broken Bombers – How the U.S. Military Covered Up Fatal Flaws in the B-47 Stratojet with Disastrous Results - MilitaryHistoryNow.com

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shots!