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KC-135 Stratotanker model airplane |
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August, 1954, the USAF announced that it intended to procure a number of
tanker/transport aircraft developed from the prototype Boeing Model 387-80,
which had first flown a few weeks earlier. These airplanes were allocated
the designation KC-135A, and the first of the aircraft made its initial
flight on August 31, 1956. Ten months later, on June 28, 1957, the first
production airplane was delivered to Castle AFB, California. Since that
time a family of variants has been produced in large numbers for service
with the USAF, mainly as tanker (Stratotankers) or transports (Stratolifters).
This military version of the Model 367-80 is identified as the Boeing Model
717: it differs primarily from the later Model 707 by having a smaller-diameter
fuselage, deletion of cabin windows, reduced size and weight, and accommodation
for 80 passengers or an equivalent weight of cargo on the main deck. Power
for the KC-135 is four 13,500-lb. thrust Pratt & Whitney J57-P-59W
turbojets. The KC-135B has four 18,000-lb. thrust Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5
turbofans, capable of a maximum speed of 600 mph, with a average cruising
speed of 530 mph at 35,000 feet. |
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All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted
Mahogany and comes fully assembled with removable desk stand. |
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 19" -Length, 16 1/2"
-Scale, 1/100
KC-135 - Item #AM085-AR - $119.95
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 16" -Length, 16 1/2" -Scale,
1/100
KC-135A - Item #B1710R3W - $129.95
KC-135E - Item #B9410R3W - $129.95
Dimensions: Wingspan, 16 1/2" -Length, 16 3/4"
-Scale, 1/100
KC-135V/W - Item #KC135T - $129.95
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