Comments on: 16 June 1963, 09:29:52 UTC https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/16-june-1963/ Important Dates in Aviation History Sun, 15 Jun 2025 14:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/16-june-1963/#comment-12366 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 01:32:25 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=22694#comment-12366 In reply to Jim Scanlon.

Thank you for catching my error. And thank you, even more, for being a regular reader. Any comments, corrections or additional information is always appreciated.

]]> By: Jim Scanlon https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/16-june-1963/#comment-12365 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:40:35 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=22694#comment-12365 The story of the last flight of a B-47E has an error. 17 June issue.

The B-47E, according to Boeing, was fitted with 6 J-47-GE-25 engines, not the pre-production J-35s.

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/history/boeing/b47.page

Really enjoy reading your daily posts.

I am retired from the U.S. Air Force, as an Airplane Mechanic, mostly jet fighters, serving from Jan. 1952 – Feb. 1972.

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