jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (06/14/91)
From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov >I recall hearing that there was concern about using old airframes {for >such purposes as JSTARS and AWACS} if Boeing did indeed shut down the >707 production line {which they have indeed done}. Hmm. I thought a whole cottage industry had grown up around used 707s (ditto DC-8s). Do their capabilities extend only to hush kits, or do some of them have the engineering horsepower to cope with something that differs more dramatically from a factory 707? --Joe
major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) (06/18/91)
From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov writes: > Hmm. I thought a whole cottage industry had grown up around used 707s > (ditto DC-8s). Do their capabilities extend only to hush kits, or > do some of them have the engineering horsepower to cope with something > that differs more dramatically from a factory 707? These modified 707s are approved 'militarized' versions. Fully compliant with all the appropriate MILSTD (Military Standards). Obviously, using any other airframe (757, 767, 747) the cost of 'militarizing' would almost be prohibitive. mike
norton@manta.nosc.mil (LT Scott A. Norton, USN) (06/20/91)
From: norton@manta.nosc.mil (LT Scott A. Norton, USN) In article <1991Jun18.074226.14550@amd.com> bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt) writes: >jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov writes: >> Hmm. I thought a whole cottage industry had grown up around used 707s >> (ditto DC-8s). Do their capabilities extend only to hush kits, [...] >These modified 707s are approved 'militarized' versions. [...] I noticed that, in their two prototype Joint STARS aircraft, Grumman took used 707s, and _removed_ the hush kits, in order to militarize them. Some people thought this level of detail was not needed in a prototype. But thhen the aircraft were sent to the Gulf. Scott Norton <norton@NOSC.MIL>