I love the 747 and also the legendary 707.
Amazingly, the old 707 is still a viable aircraft that is in service by both civilian and military users...it’s simply the finest fuel tanker in existence. It’s also a great platform for AWACS and scientific purposes.
Airbus is a bust IMO..if not for unfair state sponsorship it would not exist, and that would be best IMO. Too big, takes way to much airport to support and too expensive to operate.
If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going!
Ditto on that post of yours! I know Boeing is a bunch of union weenies, but...I like their product. Always have...
Yes, lots of KC-135s and AWACS still service. I was responsible for a comm system installed on AWACS back in the early 80s. We joked - even then - that Boeing could still build a 707. Now it's almost forty years later and...