"Ozman Trad" wrote
"Ken Duffey" wrote

descendant of the Boeing B-29 !!

it is my understanding all modern passenger airframes are based on the
design of the B29

That would be a bit far fetched.

All modern passenger airframes are swept wing? Which large aircraft had
that first? (I'm thinking B-47, but I'm probably wrong).

All modern passenger airframes have the fuselage on top of the wings, and
not in the middle (ala B-29).

The Bear bomber is a utilitarian delivery machine, designed for high-speed
over tonnage. It was/is probably one of the best bombers ever designed by
any aircraft company. We should have bought them in 1991 and phased-out
the B-52! :-) A Bear-H is probably about the best cruise-missile platform
there is. We could fly cruise-missile missions from the east coast to Iraq
and back, with no air refueling in a Bear-H (24 hour endurance unrefueled).