After being returned to flyable condition, B-47E Stratojet serial number 52-166, made the very last flight of the type on this day in 1986. It was flown by Major General John D. Moore and Lieutenant Colonel Dale E. Wolfe, U.S. Air Force, from the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in Southern California to Castle Air Force Base and placed on static display. The Boeing developed B-47 was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company at Air Force Plant No. 3, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1952. 52-166 had not been flown in twenty years, having sat in the Mojave Desert serving as a radar target. Because 52-166 had not been through a complete overhaul prior to the ferry flight, it was decided to leave the landing gear extended in case an emergency landing might be needed.
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