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Landing gear assembly point at Boeing aircraft factory for the B-47 Stratojet bomber. Landing gear consisted of a bicycle configuration to enhance the streamline design of the aircraft in flight performance.
Date: 1951
Item Number: 215411
Call Number: FK2.S3 W.3 Ma.Boe *63
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215411
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 11: A Changing Society, A Modern World
Date - 1950s - 1951
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Defense, Department of
Military - Equipment - Aircraft
Military - Service - Air Force
Military - Wars - Cold War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Cold War
Transportation - Aeronautics
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Transportation - Air Travel - Military
Type of Material - Photographs
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