Presenting the New Logo of the Republican Party

[longship]

24. Could be. I don't know the DC-8

But I know the 707 literally inside out, or at least the KC-135 Stratotanker, which is the same damned airplane from stem to stern (so to speak). It is a wonderful airplane, BTW.

I worked for six years on the KC-135R at Boeing in Wichita, KS. I did all the sonic testing on the newly re-engined airplane. With more than twice the thrust, the R variant is a real hot rod, and as my sonic tests demonstrated, a quiet one. If they had re-engined the commercial version similarly, they could still be flying. (Probably not, since the even newer engines are much more efficient.)

However, the KC-135s are still flying and refueling the Air Force in flight. And other stuff.

Here's the plane I worked on for nearly six years.