Check 6 Revisits: The Sweeping Influence Of The B-47 On Airliner Design

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)