But many of the design features it pioneered led directly to the 707/KC-135 and B-52 and are still in use and are easily recognizable on most airliners for the last fifty years and even today: thin swept wing, strut-mounted engines for ease of maint and R&R, "Boeing" empenage (tail). Just last week, I was driving near RDU as a large, modern airliner crossed in front of me on approach; I instantly recognized its "B-47" empenage.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Frederick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - EV > They may be pretty, but were reportedly a real b....ch to fly, > suffering from some severe aerodymanic problems at high altitude and > had a nasty bicycle steerable undercarriage that made landing, well, > a puckering experience much of the time. > > Most serious defect was the "coffin corner" were any acceleration > would result in a high speed shock stall and a pretty much no > recovery spin, and slowing down any would result in a low speed stall > and the same. > > Ditto for the U2 -- it was normal while banking at altitude to have > the inside wing shaking as it neared a low speed stall and the > outside wing shaking in a high speed shock stall. > > Not what I would cal pretty -- and they were underpowered to boot. > Retired pretty fast in comparison to the B36 or the B52. > > Peter > > On Aug 15, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Rick Knoble wrote: > > >> BTW, that reminds me: In Oct 57, I began a coupla years+ as a B-47 > >> maintenance crew chief > > > > I have always thought that the B-47 was one of the most beautiful > > planes to ever fly. Never seen one in person... > > > > Rick Knoble > > '85 300 CD > > '87 190 DT > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
