#b-47b

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USAF Boeing B-47B Stratojet 51-2315 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: This B-47 was retired from service prior to 1968 due to a hard landing at Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB) which damaged the aircraft's structure. The aircraft now resides at the Grissom Air Museum, near Peru, Indiana. -30/05/2022

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USAF Boeing B-47B Stratojet 51-2315 by Mark Allison Via Flickr: This B-47 was retired from service prior to 1968 due to a hard landing at Bunker Hill AFB (now Grissom AFB) which damaged the aircraft's structure. The aircraft now resides at the Grissom Air Museum, near Peru, Indiana. -30/05/2022

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Boeing B-47B Stratojet Rocket Assisted Take-Off, 15 April 1954 (U.S. Air Force photo) - The B-47 Stratojet was a medium range nuclear bomber and reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union. The USAF phased out its last B-47 bombers in 1965, and the USAF retired its last Stratojet, a WB-47E, in 1969.

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B-47B using JATO bottles to reduce takeoff distance

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A rocket-assisted Boeing B-47B takes off on April 15, 1954. The rather massive Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) package was a great help in getting the aircraft off the ground a lot quicker than with just the 6 wing mounted jet engines.

Though the airplane was fast, with a cruising speed of about 550mph (885kph), the jet engine technology of the time didn’t make good thrust at slow speeds. JATO was a good solution to this issue at the time.