"Raoul" wrote in message
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What a coincidence...

i was just reading about the Dash-80 on the Smithsonian website (The
Dash-80 is part of their collection)

The Dash-80 was the prototype of the entire series. I guess you could
look at it as the prototype for just the KC-135 but I don't think it
matters much. Juan Trippe coaxed them to add the width so PanAm could
go six wide.

The B-367 designation comes from the KC97/Stratocruiser(?). Boeing was
working on modifying that basic design by adding a wing similar to that
of the B-47 with other modifications, features, blah, blah, blah. It
was the 80th different variation of the original theme from the KC97..

Thanks Raoul.