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Old 17th Aug 2011, 12:51
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Seven-engine B-47

The Navy bailed a B-47 to GE for flight tests of the then-new TF34 engine (1971). This particular ship was selected because it had a large resistor load bank installed in the bomb bay from a previous test project. The load bank was useful for testing the TF34 under relatively large generator loads, part of the S-3A installation requirement.
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