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and the vomit comet

What more could you do to one aircraft WC RC KC EC and everyone had a model or variant after it

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 20 2014,5:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What more could you do to one aircraft WC RC KC EC and everyone had a model or variant after it

Amzing Ian ... the KC series alone has about a dozen offspring , the RC's about the same . Then there are the VC, EC, TC, WC, NKC, NC ,OC and all their kids .....
I love all the names as well ...rivet joint , Pacer swan , Combat sent , Cobra eye , ..... just love them .

And all that from a Boeing 717, Classic !

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 20 2014,5:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And all that from a Boeing 717, Classic !

Say what ?

I'm a tad confused here - which is the Vomit Comet, the WC or the VC ?

Scupper wrote:

QUOTE (Scupper @ Apr 21 2014,12:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Say what ?

YIP ! Indeed .. your DC-9 /MD-80 all the way through to the MD95 was then after Boeing buying the concern turned around and decided to call the type a Boeing 717 ... but the original Boeing 717 is your VC, EC, TC, WC, NKC, NC ,OC , that is the military labels which they normally do - Example Boeing 747 - military is an E4/4B or Airforce One.

The real Boeing 717 is the and close stablemate to the 707, only eyeball major difference is the wing platform reduce buy 20 square yard (US sizes) hence renamed a Boeing 720 series , the old numbers went back into history . CLASSIC!

emfrat wrote:

QUOTE (emfrat @ Apr 21 2014,12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm a tad confused here - which is the Vomit Comet, the WC or the VC ?

After the ride .... the .. hang on VC .. nah WC

It's a glorious history, and goes back to the Boeing 367-80 which Boeing funded (to the tune of $16m) itself.
That was a lotta money, and Boeing test pilot Alvin "Tex" Johnston performed two barrel rolls in it at the Seattle's 1955 Seafair.
Those were the days when cowboys were heroes, and betting the company on a crazy flyby move sold an entire generation of jetliners:
707/720/727/737.
The 717 tag was for some reason applied to the C-135 initially.
Dimensionally it was very close to the 720 but had the 144 (vs 148) inch fuselage which all the military variants used.

I found a nice little history which traces the lineage of the KC-135 (written in 2006 for the 50th anniversary)

http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archi...y/i_history.pdf

Pleased you dug that up Charl, you no me and my typing skill Ianglish and all

Inimitable...
Still don't know why they picked the "717" thing for a military aircraft - the 700 series was definitely for the commercial planes.

Seems Boeing likes to change the rules with there Classics

Thanks for looking guys .... and the info .