Originally Posted by barit1
My colleague who flew Boeing B-47 bombers 50 years ago recalls its wingtip deflection (max pos g to max neg g) was on the order of 26 feet. I don't think any Boeing since then has exceeded this flexure.
The B-47 had quite pronouced anhedral on the ground. In flight, the wing indeed developed quite pronounced dihedral, and I don't doubt 26ft at all! (I have a B-47 manual here somewhere in my repertoir of redundant and interesting artefacts).
Finding the amount of in-flight defelction of the B-52 would be interesting as well.