Imperials & 707's

["Another guy on the Lost Highway" <rrudd28@xxxxxxxxx>]

There's a C-135 here in Houston down by the old Ellington AFB.  NASA used it
to do Negative G maneuvers so astronauts can play weightless for something
like 30 seconds.  Looks exactly like a 707 only without windows.   There's a
C-135 at Edwards AFB.  You could probably do a websearch to find one at a
museum in your area.  The USAF bought up a good many of the 707/720 series
so they can yank parts off them for their C-135/E-3 fleet. If you're looking
for a period aircraft,  DC-8's are still relatively common in cargo service,
and there's 3 or 4 of them up at Bush Airport here in Houston.    If it
doesn't have to be a jet, there's the SAC (save-a-connie) Lockheed
Constellation that looks a lot like a TWA Connie.

Ray Funke
69 Fury 3 ragtop
73 Imperial Parts
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Subject: IML: Imperials & 707's


> Hugh wrote<
> >What I want to do is contact them when the one with the big 707 on the
tail,
> which is currently sticking out from a hangar, is showing any sign of
> movement to see if they will allow me to get some pictures made of my 1958
> under or near the plane.  I spoke about this with a newspaper man and the<
>
> Hugh, I had the same idea to do something like that with my '59 Imperial,
> problem is finding a 707 anywhere in North America. I saw several a few
years
> ago out in Tucson Arizona where they lie in heaps waiting to be scrapped.
> John Travolta's is about the only one that comes into LAX, don't know how
> difficult it would be to get a photo shoot with his jet!
> Bill '59 Crown
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