Vomit Comet

[cdavenport]

Originally Posted by ecclectic

The original Vomit Comet used form the 1960ties onwards was a converted Boeing KC-135 tanker. This s directly based on the original Dash80 Prototype. This series has a narrower fuselage - looking kind of eggish shaped when looking at it from the front - than the 707 airliner which was derived later from it. The 707 has a rounder fuselage to get more seats abreast, so I guess a 707 model can't be used to depcit the C-135 Vomit Comet. Check out the VC here:
Photos: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (717-100) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
and a 707 here. The AWACS planes are based on the 707 and not on the C-135 and therefore have the wider fuselage.
Photos: Boeing E-3A Sentry (707-300) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

This is absolutely correct. I flew the original when I was a navigator in the 4950th Test Wing, Wright Patt AFB, well after the Apollo glory days. We just used it as a trainer and were specifically forbidden from flying the "profile." It still had the zero-g generators which were the only modification needed to make it do its thing!

[willygoat]

Well, then the KC-135 from Bob Bendorf should work. It has the correct shape and profile of the 135.

[cdavenport]

You'll just have to paint it. When I flew it, the airplane had white upper and grey lower fuselage.

[2Kamser]

so the KC-135 is a B717 and VC is a B707 is that correct?
how do i download Bob Bendorf's B707?
i did not find any links to it

[Scott K]

You can find Bob's excellent models here; Bob Bendorf's Paper Models- "click "on the picture to enter site! This site has papermodels that I designed for the

Scott K.