| | Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Military Aircraft | The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refuelling tanker based on the original Boeing 707 commercial airliner prototype and entered service with the USAF in 1957 replacing the piston engined Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker as it's primary re-fuelling tanker aircraft . A total of 803 KC-135 Stratotankers were produced by Boeing between 1954 and 1965, many remain in service with the air-forces of the USA, France, Singapore and Turkey, the example pictured below was photographed in 2009 whilst based in the UK. |
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Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker Specifications: |
- Crew: pilot, co-pilot, fuel boom operator
- Passenger Capacity: Upto 57
- Payload: 83,000 lb (37,600 kg)
- Length: 136 ft 3 in (41.53 m)
- Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in (39.88 m)
- Height: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
- Empty weight: 98,466 lb (44,663 kg)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 322,500 lb (146,000 kg)
- Engines: Four 21,634 lbf (96 kN) CFM International CFM56 turbofans
- Maximum Fuel Load: 200,000 lb (90,719 kg) or 31,275 US gal (118 kL)
- Maximum speed: 580 mph (933 km/h)
- Range: 3,450 mi (5,550 km)
- Service ceiling 50,000 ft (15,200 m)
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| Flying Boom It is of note that the fuel boom is fitted with remote control "wings" operated or "flown" by an observer in the Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers under-fuselage bulge who controls the re-fuelling and line-up operation rather than the pilots, the task of flying the boom is highly skilled and a mistake could easily cause the loss of either or both aircraft, the job is so important it normally requires approximately $1,000,000 to train train a flying boom operator to the standard required. | | |
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