08-13-2012, 02:33 PM
The B-47 was a great airplane! It had the seeds of the B-52 built right in it and and changed the very fiber of the USAF into high altitude, strategic bombing. That plane paved the way for faster tankers (the Boeing 707 design was first made as a tanker to refuel the B-47 fleet), faster fighters and interceptors. Plus, Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart is a great movie highlighting that plane too. Good looking model as well.
Mark
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Lt Colonel, USAF (Retired)
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Lt Colonel, USAF (Retired)