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B-47 Stratojet Bombers  All prices are subject to change without notice, click on item for the latest price. B-47E Stratojet 1/100 Model Pre Built Mahogany Model Made of Philippine mahogany, this 1/100 scale model measures 13" in length and has a wingspan of 14 ¼". Hand painted and detailed, model comes ready to display on  the included mahogany base.  .....#0009324 $169.00 B-47B/E Stratojet 1/144 Kit Plastic Model Kit The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was a six engine medium bomber and the first large jet-powered aircraft to be fitted with swept-back wings and tail surfaces. With long range, high altitude capabilities, the B-47 became the backbone of Strategic Air Command in the early 1950s. Highly detailed plastic kit features fully engraved panel lines, realistic cockpit interior and landing gear, and includes authentic markings. 9½" wingspan when complete.   .....#0009893 $15.95   B-47 Aviation Art New Breed Bombers  Stan Stokes.  The highly successful B-47 Stratojet is seen over the desert in this limited edition print. 16"x 11½", S/N by artist    ....#0007806 $39.95 B-47 Stratojet Ken Fox.  The second in our series of Cold War bomber charcoal pencil lithographs is  of the highly successful B-47 Stratojet. Print is 20"x 16" including border with title.  .....#0007115 $9.95 Stratojet Shakedown Airplane Art Craig Kodera. This is for the men and women of the Strategic Air Command who  worked so hard during the threatening time of the early 1950s. Flight crews were constantly on alert or in the air, frequently for 15 hours at a time. 1000 S/N by artist. 23"x 17½" print.   .....#0007777 $265.00 Cold War Warriors John Young.  The B-47 became the first modern bomber to fill the ranks of General  Curtis Lemay's new Strategic Air Command. With long range, high altitude capabilities, the "Stratojet" became the backbone of SAC in the early 1950's. As fast as many early jet fighters, with sophisticated defenses and operational altitudes of up to 40,000 feet, the B-47 was a strong deterrent. 29"x 22 ½" print is signed and numbered by the artist and B-47 test pilot A.M. "Tex" Johnston.  .....#0007236 $125.00   23-Sep-2008 Dear Farrel,   That is pretty interesting and I will look into it more.  I tried to look at B-47 wing cracks and found nothing.  My boss told me about the fueling with the KC-97 but never mentioned the explosions or anything like that.  He said that the KC-97 would have to run it's engines at full power while the B-47 was just above stall speed.  He said that he had to re-hook with the KC-97 five to ten times for each fueling because he was flying so slow that the B-47 would stall and decouple.  I have wondered about this many times and I assume that this was at altitude because the stall speed of the B-47 near the ground was much lower than the max speed of the KC-97.    My boss was a super nice man and was extremely smart too.  He had a quadruple bypass, then came back to work and looked real bad for about a year.  I transferred to the Automated Test Department, where we wrote the computer test for electronic weapons systems, and then never seen him again.  That was over twenty years ago.  I had to retire because of the disabilities that I acquired in the Navy became so bad that I couldn't work anymore.  This is why I have a website and can still work in aviation.  The website has brought me to meet so many people like yourself and I have learned a tremendous amount from everyone and I really appreciate it.  I'm 54 now and take care of my 92 year old mom.  I can't live in the house with her, so I live in the garage, which sounds bad, but I have peace and quiet and just work on the computer.  So that's my life, but the computer has kept me in contact with the world, and again, people who have done tremendous things and has kept the bums out of my life.    Thank you very much and have a nice day and thank you for serving our country.   Jeff.   22-Sep-2008 Dear Jeff:  I did some research and found that just prior to 1958 the B-47 was showing stress in the wings due to low altitude test bombing runs . In 1958 the air force did a fix   called (Milk bottle) by putting huge pins in the wings  which resembled milk bottles. I was discharged in 1955, so I feel a lot of what your Boss was talking about was after my discharge. One of the most fabulous sights I seen ,was the first testing of the JATO assisted takeoffs we heard thru the rumor mill when this was to occur . Wish i could have taken a picture but no cameras were allowed on the flight line. Sounds like we had a similar MOS I was aircraft electrician and wouldn't have give anything for my air force training. the first accident occurred soon after I arrived at McDill , when a kc-97 tried to refuel a B-47 there  was so much static electricity on the boom  when it touched the B-47 they both exploded. The next one was a crash at the bombing range just out of McDill. this jet went in at a 75 degree angle smashing the 18 foot engines to 3 foot . I was part of a crew that survived the area looking for human parts and the largest we found was a knee cap. Being a electrician I am sure you have heard of safety wiring every thing. Well some one didn't and it resulted in a navigator ejecting while the plane was taxiing on the runway. It has been my pleasure sharing with you some of my experiences and I agree with you on the B-52 looking like the B-47 I think they added another engine on each wing and maybe more tires. but the B-47 is my pride and joy and i am thankful to have been in on the ground floor. Sincerely Farrel 22-Sep-2008 Dear Farrel,   My boss was John Miller and he worked as my boss in 1984 at the Sacramento Army Depot.  He said that he retired just before the B-52 came into service and after all of the B-36 and B-29 units were disbanded.  He said that they did not know about this problem until the planes were at their latter stages of service, but I don't have a date.  I will have to do more research on the B-52s to know.  At this time they thought that the B-47s were the greatest thing that ever happened and then the cracks formed.    One day I was at Mather AFB and was talking to one of the B-52 pilots about the huge wrinkles in the fuselage of the plane.  He said that when the plane was in the air, the wrinkles would come out of the fuselage.  I was amazed that the aluminum could flex that much.  To me the B-52 looked very much like the B-47, at least as how the wings were constructed so I know what you are talking about with the 18 foot total swing of the wings.   Changing the subject slightly.  One day when I was at work and talking on the phone, I was looking out of the window of the building at the Army Depot.  All of a sudden I saw a huge, super black, cloud rising up from the ground.  I never saw a flash, but it was a B-52 that crashed after a student pilot stalled the plane on takeoff.  It was terrible, not a single man lived.  The plane just missed a house in the country and then hit the barn next to the house.  From what I understand, everyone was at home in the house when the plane hit.   If you can find out more about these cracks and if they did indeed exist, and I don't doubt my boss, please let me know.  I know about my job as an electronics technician on the A-7 Corsair II that there was so much to know about the planes, that no one man could know everything.  We were all over the planes too, but when I visit the very plane that I worked on in the Navy that is now in the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington Illinois, I realize that it was much more complex than I even realized then.   Thank you very much and have a nice day,   Jeff.   19-Sep-2008 DEAR JEFF: I appreciate your reply.  I would like to know about what date your boss noticed theses cracks. The first few months at MacDill was really a laboratory for the B-47. We had to rewire some of the conduits that went to all units in the wings because of the 9 ft. up and 9 ft down flexibility of the wings . The fuel tanks had a modification because of some leaks. the hydraulic system had to be modified. The propellant to eject the pilot and co-pilot wasn't enough to get them over the 30ft tail at 500 mph. that was solved about a year into the program. I would never question the knowledge or integrity of a B-47 pilot and maybe this was at the beginning when everything was happening. while i was researching the B-47 Jet i found where there is to be a get together in -Murrieta, GA on the 25th of Sep. to the 29th. I would love to have gone but i have conflicting dates.  Sincerely Farrel  9-Sep-2008 I am Farrel A Paulk , i was a aircraft electrician on the B-47 from 1951 to 1955. We received the first 3 planes at McDill AFB. and had 3 bomb wings by 1955. We had a All planes general group that inspected the plane before each flight . If there was even a rivet loose they took care of it. being a electron on the B-47. I was all over the plane and would have noticed any cracks in the wings. I don't know where this story came from but i say it is entirely untrue. I am extremely proud of my involvement with the B-47 and don't appreciate a lie like this about our plane.  My e mail is fpaulk@alltel.net. If any one wants to talk with me I say bring it on Thanks Farrel Dear Farrel, Thank you very much for your comments.  I don't know when these planes went out of service.  It was my boss that told me about the cracks.  He was a B-29 pilot, then a B-47 pilot.  He told me that this was a top secret since the B-29's and B-36's were taken out of service and the B-52's were not in service yet. He said that the planes were limited to a 1/4 G turn because of the size of the cracks.  On his last flight, the flight surgeon grounded him because of the flu.  His plane took off and a wing fell off and killed everyone in the plane.  He said that, that was the last time he flew and he asked to get out of the Air Force because of this.  He feels that he should have been on that plane himself.   C. Jeff Dyrek, Webmaster

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