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Old 09-02-18, 10:14 AM   #1797
Subnuts
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I've been working on this one for about a week now. It's a pretty in-depth, warts-and-all technical/operational history of an airplane which tends to be eclipsed by the B-52. Can't believe how many entered service without a proper bombing/navigation system, tail gun, or ecm gear, how much time they spent undergoing extensive modifications, the severity of the fatigue problems, and the atrocious cockpit ergonomics and division of crew workload. I know the B-47 was 10 years ahead of its time and they were pumping them out to deter the Soviets (I wonder if they knew what a troubled aircraft it was?) but it's still shocking to read about it for the first time.


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