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Boeing
Model 450 - B-47E Stratojet SAC Bomber
model airplane |
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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updates, it saw 15 years of first-line service before being withdrawn in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. |
All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted
Mahogany and comes fully assembled with removable desk stand. |
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 17" -Length, 15 3/4"
-Scale, 1/84
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