Boeing B-47 Stratojet model airplane

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Boeing Model 450 - B-47E Stratojet SAC Bomber model airplane

Following the development and introduction into service of the first turbojet-powered fighter aircraft in the European theater of operations during the closing stage of World War II, the USAAF realized that similarly powered bomber/reconnaissance aircraft would soon be essential. The first of the two prototypes made its maiden flight on December 17, 1947, immediately creating an impression of speed and efficiency. The first of the B-47As made its maiden flight on June 25, 1950, a day that also marked the beginning of the Korean War, a conflict that speeded the demand for large numbers of the USAF's new bomber. A major production version of this airplane was the B-47E, of which more than 1,600 were built in bomber and reconnaissance versions. These aircraft incorporated a number of major changes, including strengthened landing gear for operation at higher weights, a modified nose section with inflight-refuelling receptacle, ejection seats for the crew, installation of a drag parachute to shorten landing runs, tail armament changed to two 20-mm cannon, the internal JATO system replaced by a jettisonable external rack to carry up to thirty-three 1,000-lb. thrust rockets, and the installation of J47-GE-25 engines, each developing 7,200-lb. thrust with water injection. The first B-47E airplane was flown on January 30, 1953, entering service with the USAF's Strategic Air Command shortly after this. With a grand total of more than 1,800 airplanes made, it had been anticipated that the B-47 would be replaced by a more advanced aircraft by 1957, but with equipment updates, it saw 15 years of first-line service before being withdrawn in 1966. Even then, examples of the aircraft continued in use for weather reconnaissance with MAC until the end of 1969. The B-47 represented a great technological achievement for Boeing, and has an honored place in USAF history being its, and the world's, first swept-wing turbojet bomber to be built on a large scale. The B-47E had a maximum speed of 606 mph at 16,300 feet, cruising speed of 557 mph at 38,500 feet, service ceiling of 40,500 feet, and a range of 4,000 miles. Airplane armament was two 20-mm cannon in remotely-controlled tail turret, plus up to 20,000 lbs. bombs carried internally.

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Dimensions: Wingspan, 17" -Length, 15 3/4" -Scale, 1/84

B-47E Stratojet 1/84 Scale - Air Corps Price $139.95

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Dimensions: Wingspan, 14 3/8" -Length, 13" -Scale, 1/100

B-47E Stratojet 1/100 Scale - Air Corps Price $134.95

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