leem@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Lee Mellinger) (01/20/89)
In article <3199@cbnews.ATT.COM> fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes: : :In article <3114@cbnews.ATT.COM>, hp-sdd!mitchm@ucsd.edu (Mitch Mitchel) writes: :> :> Aren't the B-47 Canberra bomber and the AV-8 Harrier fighter American copies :> of British aircraft? I know that the B-47 was used in combat in Vietnam but :> I can't comment on its effectiveness or reliability. Is it still in used :> today? : :Nope. The Boeing B-47 was from start to finish an American design. : :The B-57 saw combat in Viet Nam, while the B-47 was out of service :by that time, being completely replaced by various B-52 variants. The B-47 was still in service at least until 1966, the US involvment with Vietnam started in a major way in 1964. The B-47 was a medium bomber, the B-52 is a heavy bomber and did not replace the B-47. The B-58 was the medium bomber replacement. Lee ex-B-52 bluesuiter. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA| |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |UUCP: {ames!cit-vax,psivax}!elroy!jpl-devvax!leem | |ARPA: jpl-devvax!leem!@cit-vax.ARPA -or- leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-