BOEING: Boeing 707 KC-135 and Their Derivatives Review

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(More customer reviews)If you have any interest in either civil or military aviation or aircraft of the past fifty years, please do yourself a huge favor and buy this book! It is one of the most thorough, interesting monographs on a very special aircraft. The Boeing 707 not only was the plane that truly ushered in commercial jet transportation as we know it today (and most of today's airliners still only have similar performances to this 50 year old wonder, but are quieter and with greater range, and lower fuel burn capabilities).
Not only is every model that ever existed described but likely illustrated with contemporary photos and wonderful artwork. The latter shows each variant in many different airline colors (the civil ones) and the military versions, which were vital in keeping this country free -- and I do not exaggerate -- and defensively prepared, are shown in all their glory. Their markings are representative of different times during their half-century, much varied careers.
All statistics, development history and personages associated with the development of these two look-alike, but truly different, aircraft are presented herein.
At Amazon's amazing price, this volume is indeed one of the best buys I've ever seen in a half century of collecting aircraft books, and this is indeed one of the best volumes ever. DO NOT MISS IT!

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Although the Boeing 707 is known worldwide as the machine which took civil aviation from the piston engine era into that of the jet engine, what is very often not known is that its existence was only made possible by the success of its immediate predecessor, the KC - 135, a flying fuel tank used for refueling the strategic B - 52 bomber, also made by Boeing. Although these two models came from the same prototype, the "Dash 80", which first flew in July 1954, they were in fact two radically different machines sharing only a limited number of common features. More than 800 KC - 135s were produced spawning an impressive number of variants and specialized versions, from training astronauts to collecting samples, from transporting headquarters staff to waging electronic warfare. More than 1000 Boeing 707s were built up to the end of the 20th century and also had a long career with various versions and re-engined variants, the last machines coming off the production lines, so the story goes, destined for the military market, in the form of the E - 3 Sentry which will remain in service into the middle of the present century.

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