I need a flying 707. Seriously.

shrike · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:32 pm

RyanShort1 wrote:

Does NASA still have one?

Ryan

The last Vomit Comet is down at Pima.

The Inspector · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:40 pm

Have you tried giving EVERGREEN @ Miranna a buzz? They seem to have just about one of everything and have some sort of 'special' connections with the Gummint, see if they can knock the sand out the inlets on one, or try finding a straight pipe DC-8 shorty (11/22 or 54/55) box hauler.

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:51 pm

k5dh wrote:

eagle21 wrote:

I don't know how helpful-but isn't Quantas flying one in Australia? Is it the wrong model?
JMC

You're thinking of John Travolta's airplane. It's painted in QANTAS's famous V-Jet colors (which it was, when new). And yes, it is unfortunately the wrong model.

(BTW, for anyone who cares... QANTAS is an acronym and all letters should be caps... stands for Queensland And Northern Territories Air Service).

No, no and no.

Indeed Travolta operates a Qantas 707. However Qantas recently reactivated another ex-Qantas 707 in the UK and had it flown to Longreach, Queensland to their museum there, in 2007, where it now sits - VH-XBA. I don't believe it is airworthy, as it hasn't flown since. Incidentally, it was parked in the US en-route alongside Travolta's example - there are pics of the two on the web.

http://www.qfom.com.au/707.html

According to their website: "Retired Qantas engineers continue to maintain VH-XBA in flying condition and it is possible the aircraft will be seen again at air shows."

And I care :lol:

and now Qantas is regarded as a word (noun, proper name, cap 'Q') no longer an acronym, and is sometimes cited (dubiously as it's being a noun derived from an acronym) as a rare example of a word in English with a 'q' without a 'u'. You're quite correct as to the origins of the acronym.

That English thing; like nailing fog to a wall. :lol:

Regards,

jdvoss · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:32 pm

IIRC there are only 14 airworthy non-military 707's remaining in the world (includes 720's?). I would follow up on a DC-8 as PanAm purchased 20 of them. I understand that over 100 DC-8s remain airworthy but they may be mostly all stretched models. I did spot a non-stretched ATI DC-8 today at San Jose,CA as it comes in daily. Perhaps ATI could agree to paint just the LH side of their DC-8 in Pan Am Colors leaving the RH side untouched? I've seen been done before! But from a nostalgia point of view a DC-6 might be a easier find.

JohnB · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:36 pm

V Saini wrote:

I think the only commercial 707s left in the USA belong to Omega Air Refueling. http://www.omegaairrefueling.com

They might be down to just 1 707 after the other caught fire on take-off. Not sure if it would be useful for filming a TV show. http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-j ... 6868.story

Warning: Thread creap....
They just bough the ex-RAAF examples.

Craig59 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:58 pm

I agree with Zane - I too saw N707SE at Albuquerque last summer and it appeared to be airworthy.

krlang · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:23 pm

I had heard that N404PA was going to be for sale soon.

Stephan Wilkinson · **Joined:** Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:23 am **Posts:** 699

Thank you all, particularly bmoran and ztex, for your priceless help!

And trianglep, having worked as a film writer myself (which at least got three of my films Academy Award nominations--short documentary category, which is the one nobody watches...), I can explain that what happens in the film and TV world is that the suits meet, lunch, discuss, ponder, argue, think (no, belay that last one) for months and months. Then they make a decision, and the writers and line producers have a week to make it happen. Never fails.

Stephan Wilkinson · **Joined:** Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:23 am **Posts:** 699

Quote:

Qantas is regarded as a word (noun, proper name, cap 'Q') no longer an acronym, and is sometimes cited (dubiously as it's being a noun derived from an acronym) as a rare example of a word in English with a 'q' without a 'u'.

Serious Scrabble players know there are maybe 50--as i recall--words that contain q without the u. Certainly rare, but more of them exist than you might think.

How's that for thread creep?

JDK · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:46 pm

Very good! I'll take 50 words as 'rare'; now onto finding a rhyme for orange. :wink:

k5dh probably regrets trying to help now. Anyway, I'm here all week. Unfortunately. :cry:

tex-fan · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:01 am

found this one ,on the internet, for sale up in Canada:
http://www.aviatorsale.com/aix8533/

big fatty · **Joined:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:33 pm **Posts:** 32

found one!!! alittle CGI it will be perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTAQurdJMc

Ztex · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:11 pm

LOL...They already use plenty of bad model airplane shots for the show... now the female models are much better.....

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:29 pm

I agree with Zane, the femal models being used are without a doubt airworthy

JohnB · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:24 pm

mustangdriver wrote:

I agree with Zane, the femal models being used are without a doubt airworthy

With more "Dagmars" than a hangar full of JetStars.

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