Originally Posted by
III Corps
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.
Boeing did try to get away with tandem pilot seating (like the B-47 had) in the XB- and YB-52s. Tex Johnston predicted that LeMay would insist on side-by-side seating for the production airplane, and he was correct.