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Old August 11th 03, 01:39 PM
Frank Hitlaw
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ...


The US has one or more 767 painted in "Air Force One" colors. I don't
think there are any 757 painted as such.

Working my way through college I used to refuel airliners. It was very
difficult for me to tell a 757 from 767, at any distance, except by
looking at the pointy end of the aft fuselage where the APU exhausted.
In one aircraft the fuselage was painted almost to the tip of the APU
exhaust, while the other aircraft had a few feet of stainless steel or
unpainted surface on the aft end. I can't remember which had which. Of
course the 757 is a narrow-body and the 767 is a wide-body, but that's
not as easy to determine at a distance as one might imagine.


I find the 757 looks very 'long legged' compared to the 767. I don't know
of any 767's in USAF service, but there are certainly some 757's,
designated C-32. I had the pleasure of taking a ccloser look at one
(externeally at least, this time last year. Take a look at:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/757.html


The 767 being a wide body looks odd with narrow body sections 40 and 41 of
the 757 grafted onto it.

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Say what!!! I'll say it would look funny,Tarver. Sections 40 and 41
are on the front end of a Boeing it includes the cockpit and back to
the E&E compartment. Worked on alot of Boeings never saw that one
maybe in your dreams.
Frank Hitlaw