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	The Boeing B-47 Stratojet DVD  NEW Stratojet: Meet Your Boeing B-47 B-47 Combat Maneuvers Two color films plus two extensive Flight Manuals We "color corrected"  these videos You can see the difference Don't miss our B-58 Hustler Supersonic Bomber DVD! Regular Price $18.95 Sale Price: $17.45 You save $1.50! Availability:: Usually Ships in 24 Hours Qty:

Description Our DVD Specs   The Boeing B-47 Stratojet DVD C 2009 Zeno's Warbird Videos. All Rights Reserved The Ultimate B-47 Resource! * Stratojet: Meet Your Boeing B-47 (Color, 1955, 30:00) Exclusive Color Correction You'll see the design, development, and manufacturing of the B-47. Then you'll follow a crew from SAC's McConnell Air Force Base (3250th Combat Crew Training Wing) on a training mission that simulates a night attack on a target in the US. There are some great shots of the Stratojet on the ground and in the air, including night air refueling. You'll also hear crew dialog as they work through various procedures during the bomb run. * B-47 Combat Maneuvers (Color, 1955, 20:00) Exclusive Color Correction In 1954 the Air Force conducted a series of maneuver tests that showcased the B-47's outstanding agility. Theses tests were specifically designed to explore the B-47s ability to “toss bomb.” The aircraft would approach the target low and at high speed, pull up sharply, open bomb bay doors, use momentum to literally fling the bomb towards the target and then execute the rest of a half loop Immelman turn so that they were flying back in the opposite direction at the top of the loop. This maneuver allowed the bomber to drop nuclear and high explosive weapons at low altitudes without danger of blast damage or flying directly over heavily defended targets. Seeing the big, sleek B-47 execute this maneuver (and barrel rolls too!) is truly memorable. Cameras located all over the aircraft give unique views during the test flights. * Boeing  B-47A  "Stratojet" Flight Handbook (92 pages with color Illustrations) See B-47A (the original production model) detailed operating instructions, cockpit photos, systems diagrams, flight characteristics, emergency procedures and much,  more in Adobe acrobat .pdf file format * Boeing TB-478B "Stratojet" Flight Manual (780 pages with color illustrations) Flight Manual for the TB-47B, the training version of the B-47B. In addition to flight procedures. Includes the complete performance index.in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format Pilot's manuals are viewable on a computer DVD player. Don't have a DVD player on your computer? We can put the manual on a separate CD-ROM! (Click here for info,) About The Boeing B-47 Stratojet  With the launch of the the B-47 Stratojet, the US Air Force jumped in a single decade from B-17 and B-24 bombers lumbering at 200 mph over Germany to a 600 mph swept wing jet capable (with air refueling) of hitting intercontinental targets. As the USA's first swept-wing multi-engine bomber, she was one of the most influential designs in aircraft history. Boeing's original jet bomber blueprint in 1943 was for a straight winged aircraft based on the B-29 fuselage. 1n 1945, Boeing aerodynamicist George Schairer went to Germany to sift through captured aircraft data. He discovered wind-tunnel data on swept-wing designs that revolutionized the B-47 team's thinking.. Engineers used the new Boeing High-Speed Wind Tunnel to develop the XB-47 with 35-degree swept wings..The new aircraft proved to be outstandingly agile for a bomber with a 25,000lb payload, yet pilots reported she was very easy to fly. Her fighter style bubble top canopy provided an excellent all around view. The prototype had twin General Electric J-35 engines (GE J-47 engines on production models) hung from sculpted pods inboard on each wing, and single engines were hung outboard. Engine weight made the wings droop, so the B-47 had tandem landing gear under the front and back sections of the fuselage. Outrigger wheels on the inboard engines kept it from tipping over on the ground. Early jet engines could not provide enough thrust for takeoff, so the XB-47, B-47A, and B-47B had 18 small rocket units in the fuselage for jet-assisted takeoff (JATO). A drag chute reduced landing speed. The B-47 immediately broke speed and distance records. In 1949 it crossed the United States in under four hours at an average 608 mph. She had defensive armament only in the tail because contemporary enemy fighters could barely keep up with her at high altitudes. The B-47 medium bomber was the foundation of the Air Force's new Strategic Air Command . One variant became a missile carrier while others were outstandingly successful reconnaissance aircraft that penetrated deep into the Soviet Union in the 1950s. Between 1947 and 1956, a total of 2,032 B-47s in all variants were built and the Stratojet stayed in service well into the 1960s.

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