© 1997 Geoff Sobering, Non-commercial Use Allowed with Attribution, All Other Rights Reserved
I think of the B-47 as the progenitor of modern jet transport aircraft. The Boeing aerodynamists developed many of the basic features common to virtually all subsequent non-fighter jet aircraft: slender, swept, aeroelastic, wings; podded engines mounted on pylons below the wings; and lateral control enhanced via spoilers.
The tail number, 17066, indicates this plane is a B-47E built by Boeing and given the Air Force serial number 51-7066.
These photographs were taken on April 13, 1997 on the tarmac just to the south of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.
A note about the photographs: clicking on the thumbnail picture will load an image approximately 500x300 pixels large (~60Kb). Under each thumbnail is the word "huge". Clicking there will load the original scanned image of about 1000x600 pixels at JPEG 75% quality (~400-500Kb).
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