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Dash 80 and 727s on Flight Apron
Dash 80 and 727s in Boeing Hangar
Dash 80 (707 Prototype) on Field
Dash 80 and 727s in Hangar
Dash 80 in Flight Over City
Dash 80 in Flight
Mrs. William Boeing Christens the Boeing Dash 80 Prototype
The Dash 80 in Flight
Dash 80 in Flight Over Water
Dash 80 in Flight with CX Gear
Dash 80 Parked with KC-97
Dash 80 Rollout
Dash 80 Rollout
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Dash 80, 1990 Rebuild
Restored Dash 80
Dash 80 707 Prototype Prior to Rollout
Dash 80 707 Prototype Rollout
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Painting the Dash 80 Nose
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The Boeing Company invested $16 million (two-thirds of the company's net profits from the post-war years) to build the Dash 80 prototype for a long-range jet aircraft. It was developed in secrecy and designated Model 367-80 to disguise it as an improved version of the C-97 Stratofreigther. It was subsequently nicknamed the "Dash 80," had jet engines and swept wings, and was very different from the straight-wing, propeller-powered Stratofreighter. Because the prototype was constructed to sell first as a military-tanker transport, it had few windows and no seats, but had two large cargo doors. A week after its first flight, the Air Force ordered 29 tanker versions, the KC-135.
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BI221905
Boeing ID
k3351
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