Eric, Marc is wrong on this, as much as I hate to say (he lied); The 707 came long before the KC-135 and the E3A. Don't even bring up the B-47 and B-52. There was NO commonality. Jerry Eric Goldstein wrote: > Marc James Small: > > > (snipped) while the government subsidies necessary to > > produce the Boeing 707 > > I'd be interested in any detail or documentation you could add to this... > > Eric Goldstein