Boeing B-47 Stratojet: - True Stories of the Cold War in the Air

During the early days of the Cold War, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was America's "big stick" with more than 1500 operational aircraft available to attack targets withing the Soviet Union, and was the world's first operational swept-wing, multi-jet engine bomber. Beginning with the maiden flight of the XB-47 in 1947, and concluding with the final flight of any B-47 in the 1986, B-47 True Stories details the development and operational history of a remarkable aircraft that the USAF initially did not want. Eventually, more than 2000 Stratojets were built by Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas aircraft companies.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Natola
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2002
• EAN: 9780764316708
• ISBN: 978-0-7643-1670-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 232 mm x 159 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 772 g
• Illustrations: over 100 color, and b/w photos
• Series: Schiffer Military History
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration