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B-47A landing with drag chute B-47A landing with drag chute
Photo Number: E-1004
Photo Date: August 12, 1953
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Description: Boeing B-47A Stratojet NACA 150 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The drag chute was used on landings to help brake the airplane's speed. The B-47A fuselage was 106 feet 11 inches in length. The average gross weight was 115,000 pounds. Accommodations were for two pilots and a navigator with the aircraft being instrumented for aeroelasticity studies.
Keywords: B-47; Boeing B-47A Stratojet; Edwards Air Force Base

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