Boeing 707, Kc-135: In Civilian and Military Versions

by Dominique Breffort and André Jouineau

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2352500753
• ISBN13: 9782352500759
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Histoire & Collections
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 12.0"