Originally Posted by III Corps

With spoilers only for roll, it was a bit odd to go forward initially on the yoke in a turn. Although I only got about :30-45 in the seat of an H, I was impressed with the handling and the climb ability. We were light but coming out of an old "oil burner' the IP pegged the VSI through about 20,000ft.

An incredible airplane and one that would not have been made had not LeMay jumped, stomped, fumed and raged that he was NOT going to accept a revised, upgraded version of the B-47.

Also interesting is the Tu-95/-142 is quite similar in wing sweep and design although the Bear uses t-props. Both are still in active service and over the last year the Bears have been doing more roaming. (FWIW, the -95 was an evolutionary follow on to the original Tu-4 Bull which was the Russian copy of the B-29)