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Date: 28 Sep 97 00:53:40 
From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz)
Subject: Re: P3/Electra (was Questions about the DH Comet)
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>In one account I read, the KC-135 is actually referred to as the
>"717" which as many have noted is "missing" in the Boeing 7x7 scheme
>of things.

The 717 is indeed the Boeing designation for the KC-135.  See the info
at http://www.boeing.com/commercial/.

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