In article , (Paul
Tomblin) wrote:

nor does a "passenger" design necessarily make a bad water bomber. In
fact,
most large passenger aircraft (airliners) were derived to at least some
degree from existing military designs, just due to the coincidence of
how

I'm sure the designers of the DC-10 and 747 would be extremely surprised
to hear that.

Wasn't the 747 derived from Boeing's failed bid for the C-5?

--
Bob Noel