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It's a Boeing 707, essentially.
by stuckagain 10y ago
It's a Boeing 707, essentially.
- dingaling 10y agoOnly in general shape. Dimensions, internal systems and even the type and gauge of aluminium were different between the C-135 and 707; Boeing had to go back to the drawing board when Douglas started cutting metal on the DC-8, and the redesign process for the 707 led to a cascade of changes. About 20% of systems and components were common ( such as the cockpit windows ).
- notatoad 10y agothe shape is probably what's being discussed when the parent says it's "a really cool looking plane" though.
- throwanem 10y agoThe epitome of Jet Age style. I don't much care for John Travolta as an actor or a celebrity, but I have no other choice than to admit the man has a refined taste in aircraft. (I'd probably go for one of the larger Gulfstreams, myself, in a world line where choosing which jet aircraft to buy myself were a problem I had - I have just enough hands-on flying experience to really, really want to know how something that size, with that powerplant, would handle. But if I expected a need to carry more than a half dozen or so passengers, I'd go for a 707, too.)