"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0930, "Dave Kearton"
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"Salamanda" wrote in message
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Anyone know what happened?
"guido" wrote in message
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How can a plane fly in this conditions?


http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html

Boeings ~usually~ make it home after the tail falls off.

http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1989/8901260265.asp

Of course, the KC-135/707 was designed with a folding tail, for back
in the days when it were the big'n in the hangar.

Bob ^,,^
In fact, none of the 135s upon which I flew had folding tails. BTW and FWIW,
the 135 is not a 707. It is, per Boeing, a 717.....

DaveD With about 10k hours in RC135 aircraft.