Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast · Guy Ferneyhough
March 6, 20251h 10m
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Show Notes
Boeing's Mike Lombardi joins editors for a deep dive into the B-47, the revolutionary bomber that shaped modern airliner design as we know it.
Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles related to this episode here:
- "The Northrop 'All Wing' Airplane", by Jack Northrop (December 1941)
- Nazi Jet-Bats Which Never Took Wing (October 1945)
- Supersonic Plane and Jet Bombers Revealed by Army Air Forces (July 1946)
- Boeing Stratojet Bomber Heralds Transonic Combat (September 1947)
- What Has Been Learned Flying the B-47 (April 1951)
- Exclusive Report: 707 Designed for Low-Coast Operation (August 1954)