The B-47E-IV was a major update, featuring stronger landing gear, airframe reinforcement, greater fuel capacity, and an uprated bombload of 25,000 lb (11,300 kg) while the bomb bay was again shortened as nuclear weapons became more compact.

The unique B-47 landing gear employed dual main wheels in tandem with a single outrigger attached to inboard engine pods. The landing gear used a parabrake to slow the B-47 after landing.

The B-47 was the only aircraft to have bicycle landing gear. The pair of wheels were under the fuselage and they carried the weight. Outrigger gears retracted into the pod which contains the inboard engines. They acted somewhat like training wheels on …

The Stratojet was the first production bomber to utilize the unique "bicycle" type landing gear, although not the first aircraft to be so equipped. Other variations of the B-47 include the reconnaissance and weather-photo types as the RB-47E and RB-47K.

Jan 11, 2012 · In December of 1956, SAC had 27 combat-ready B-47 wings, with 1204 combat-ready B-47 crews and 1306 B-47 aircraft assigned. modified landing gear allowing heavier takeoff weights appeared on the 521st and subsequent B-47Es, …

The main landing gear was fitted in tandem, extending from the fuselage, with smaller wheels on outriggers extending from the wings. Between the main landing gear wells was the single bomb bay, which could accommodate a single gravity nuclear weapon or 10,000 pounds of conventional bombs (up to 22,000 pounds maximum in overload conditions).

Apr 6, 2017 · The B-47 had a spectacular landing technique that began with a long, straight-in approach from high altitude when the pilot lowered his undercarriage to act as an air brake; with its landing gear down the Stratojet was capable of losing 20,000 feet in four minutes.

Jul 10, 2002 · Bicycle type landing gear with fuselage mounted paired wheels fore and aft, gave the B-47 its pronounced nose up attitude while on the ground. Two small outrigger wheels were mounted below the inboard engine nacelles for lateral balance.

The design incorporated a revolutionary bicycle-type, retractable main landing gear with single, two-wheel struts on the forward and aft fuselage. Outrigger wheels added lateral stability and retracted into the two-engine pod cowling.

The B-47 was the world's first swept wing bomber and the first to use a bicycle arrangement landing gear, which was necessary because of the thin wing. The B-47A entered service at MacDill AFB FL in 1951, soon followed by the B-47B.