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Friday, April 27, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

The strange underworld of airliner porn, and the geeks who make it happen.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Friday, April 27, 2007 03:11 AM

    Is that 707 a converted KC-135?

    Nice picture of that Saha Air 707. I notice that on the bottom of the aft fusilage, under the exit door, there are a series of bulges that remind me of a KC-135 tanker's refueling boom and boom operator's station. You can even see what looks like covered over windows in the forward bulge, where the boom operator lay on his stomach, facing the rear, looking at his target as he guided the boom towards it. I don't see bulges like this in other 707 pictures. The 707 is a civilian version of the KC-135. Is there any chance that this 707 was once a KC-135 tanker?

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