The B-47 set the stage for subsequent jet bombers ... please help me through the next two hours,” Robbins prayed before the XB-47’s first flight. Robbins' fears were alleviated, however ...

The first reconnaissance variant of the B-47 came to be known as the RB-47B ... General Curtis LeMay. The flight was looking for the deployment of the new MiG-17 aircraft to airfields in the ...

X-47B First Flight The X-47B, an unmanned combat vehicle built as a demonstration aircraft for the U.S. Navy, had its inaugural flight at California's Edwards Air Force Base on February 4, 2011.

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...