Word: superfortress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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needed a bigger, faster bomber. By 1943 Boeing provided that, too. Boeing's 6-29 Superfortress was twice as heavy as the latest model of its sister 6-17, and had a range of more than 3,500 miles...
...Skyrocket, a swept-wing Skystreak. The Skyrocket was powered by a rocket engine with 6,000 lbs. of thrust when it set new altitude and speed records on Aug. 15, 1949. Lugged aloft by a Superfortress, the Skyrocket climbed to 79,494 ft. and screamed over Edwards Air Force Base at 1,238 m.p.h...