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| Author: | DanaNichols [ Thu May 28, 2020 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | B-47 hulk at Elmendorf AFB query correction. |
Re my recent request for info on the B-47 hulk at Elmendorf AFB (scrapped in 1977): my apologies for my typo "...over 400 crashes..." reference, regarding the losses in that type's history. I believe the figure for crashes was something over 200, which is still incredible by any standard. The one shown in my query photo was reportedly written-off from structural damage upon landing. Paul Tibbetts, while testing one of the B-47 prototypes for Boeing, at Wichita, described looping and rolling it -- quite a departure from the limited, rolling course-reversal maneuvers he developed for the B-29s, to lessen the atomic blast effects on the Enola Gay. Thank you, Dana Nichols |
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