| Now on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight, 51-7066
was the last B-47 Stratojet to fly a weather reconnaissance mission on
October 29, 1969. The next day, Lt Col Raymond Hamilton along with Lt Col
William Payton participated in the last active duty USAF flight in this
WB-47E, 51-7066 on October 30th 1969. They departed McClellan AFB enroute
to Boeing Aircraft CO. WB-47E 51-7066 was subsequently turned over to the Seattle Museum of
Flight where it resides today. It is located within a few hundred yards
from where Bob Robbins made his first flight in the XB-47 on Dec 17, 1947
on this airport runway. |
