Warbird Information Exchange

To offset - somewhat - the depressing news about the Chanute B-58 not going to Fort Worth, I just checked the GoFundMe site for the XB-47, and as of three days ago:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

The Flight Test Museum is chopping up their B-52D, but now the XB-47 is going to Edwards? Geez, I hope the B-47 does not suffer the same fate in a few years. There is already a B-47E on the ranges.

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

I was told by the Director of the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards that the plan was NOT to move the entire aircraft due to costs. The plan was to remove major parts (engines) and strip the XB-47 for parts for the B-47B that is already at Edwards AFB. I was told the B-47B is completely stripped.
Maybe that is still the plan, maybe not.

Photo of B-47B 51-2075 at Edwards AFB,
aircraft history
Boeing B-47B-25-BW Stratojet (cn 450128) Seen at an air show at Wright Patterson AFB in May, 1955, having been modified to an EB-47B. Became a JB-47B Jan 1956, TB-47B Feb 1956 and JTB-47B Mar 1956.Subsequently updated and redesignated TB-47B
it currently serves as an electronic and photographic target.