Southflite From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (11 years 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1580 times:
In case any of you guys on this forum like this sort of thing, here's another trivia question re. aircraft types (a bit more modern than WW2 this time):
Can you describe what the KC-114A was going to be (it was never built)?
Only clue: it was replaced by essentially the same aircraft built under a different designation.
Southflite From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (11 years 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1469 times:
Propulsor was in the ballpark and Contact_tower was spot-on ... KC-114A was the original designation for the Saudi Air Force's KE-3A tankers (based on the B707-700 airframe). The original order for 5 KC-114As was cancelled and replaced by an order for 6 KE-3As (+ another 2 later).
Well done!
Not 100% certain of this bit, but I understand that the essential difference between the two types is that the KC-114A was to going to be JT3D/TF33-powered, whereas the KE-3As are CFM56-powered.
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