Description
| Product ID: | 9781910809082 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Boeing B-47 Stratojet |
| Subtitle: | Startegic Air Command's Transitional Bomber |
| Authors: | Author: Mike Habermehl, Robert S., III Hopkins |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Aerospace and aviation technology, Aerospace & aviation technology, Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The B-47 Stratojet was the aircraft upon which US Strategic Air Command (SAC) based its Cold War capability pending the development and delivery of the B-52. The B-47 was the aircraft upon which Strategic Air Command (SAC) based its capability pending the development and delivery of the B-52. First proposed during the Second World War as a high-speed piston-powered reconnaissance platform, the B-47 evolved into what would become the first swept-wing, medium jet bomber and SAC''s most numerous operational aircraft. Given its pioneering role as a jet bomber and the ongoing evolution of SAC''s mission and US national security, the B-47 had more than its share of teething problems. Initial Boeing flight tests mixed triumph with tragedy, and demonstrated that an entirely new way of flying a large aircraft was required. Poor reliability in the bombing-navigation and fire-control systems undermined the effectiveness of early B-47Bs but were eventually overcome as the aircraft evolved to fill many different roles. Used as reconnaissance, weather, testbed and radio relay platforms, one variant, the EB-47E BLUE CRADLE, also demonstrated its versatility as an electronic warfare jammer whilst the RB-47H, ERB-47H, and EB-47E(TT) undertook electronic intelligence and gathered telemetry associated with the Soviet ICBM program. Authors Mike Habermehl and former SAC pilot Robert S Hopkins III have combined years of research and experience to provide the ultimate history of the Stratojet. |
| Imprint Name: | Crecy Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Crecy Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-30 |
