* Specifications *

Manufacturer: Boeing Aircraft Company (primary), Douglas and Lockheed

Designation: B-47

Version: B-47E-IV (Heavyweight modification)

Nickname: Stratojet

Type: Bomber

Crew: 3 - Pilot, Copilot, Navigator

Weights [lbs]: Empty - 79,074
Combat - 133,030
Takeoff - 230,000 (limited by landing gear strength)

No. of Engines: 6

Powerplant: General Electric J-47-GE-25 turbojet engines;
JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) using auxiliary rocket motors that are jettisoned after take-off.

Thrust (each): 7,200 lbs
Takeoff ground run (feet): Sea level - 10,400
Sea level, jet assisted - 7,350
Over 50-ft obstacle - 12,000
Over 50-ft obstacle, jet assisted - 8,800

Combat Speed: 557 mph at 38,500 ft
435 mph (average)

Max Speed: 600 mph

Rate of climb: Sea level - 1,850 feet per minute
Combat rate (Maximum power) - 4,350 feet per minute

Service Ceiling: 40,500 ft
29,500 (100 feet per minute climb)
36,900 at combat weight (100 feet per minute climb)
39,300 - combat ceiling (500 feet per minute climb)

Combat radius: 2,050 nautical miles

Tail Guns: 2 - .20mm cannons in remote tail turret

Bombs (internal) 20,000 - 25,000 lbs

Production: 2 XB-47
10 B-47A
397 B-47B
1 YB-47C
1,341 B-47E
255 RB-47E
35 RB-47H