B-47 Stratojet: Boeing's Brilliant BomberMcGraw Hill, 2000 - 168 pages A potrayal of the B-47 Stratojet. It takes you along on test flights, gives you the controls of nuclear-armed B-47s, and walks you into hangars to meet the crews whose work made the B-47 fly and fly again. It contains illustrations, including revealing technical diagrams, photographs and interviews with figures in aviation history. |
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Flight Test | 11 |
SACs Speeding Bullet | 21 |
B47A | 33 |
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