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B-47 taxi and takeoff

B-47A Stratojet

Movie Number   EM-0057-01
Movie Date   1950s
Formats 160x120 QuickTime Movie (1.5 MB)
480x360 QuickTime Movie (4.7 MB)
640x480 QuickTime Movie (14.8 MB)
B-47 Still photos of the B-47 are available in several resolutions at http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/B-47/index.html
Description  

The B-47A (49-1900) bomber was the first in the series of tail numbers to be built at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Witchita, Kansas. NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station obtained that B-47A Stratojet (NACA 150) to study the characteristics of a large, flexible swept-wing aircraft in 1953.



Keywords   B-47; NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station; Boeing Aircraft Company B-47A Stratojet; Langley Memorial Laboratory; Ames Aeronautical Laboratory
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