off topic, just a little--maybe?

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:47:31 -0700, Richard Riley
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:16:55 -0500, "L.D."
wrote:

:May be off topic because Boeings are not homebuilt.
:
:I've heard all Boeing aircraft had a 7 in their model #, 707, 747,
:PT-17, etc. except the B-52 and then even 5+2=7. Is this true ot not. I
:know the KC135 doesn't have a 7 but it is a 707. Would that make the 7
:in model #'s true?

Nope

P-12/F4B
P26 Peashooter
B.40a biplane
314 Clipper flying boat
AGM 86A
B-29 and B-50

And the B-17 was actually Boeing Model Number 299, the Lycoming-powered version
of the Kaydet was the PT-13, the Monomail was the model 200, etc. Certainly the
latter-day marketing department is capitalizing on the "7s", of course.

As several others have mentioned, the KC-135 is not a 707. It has the narrower
fuselage of the original 707 prototype (the Model 367-80) and the wing planform
is quite different.

Ron Wanttaja