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dba7dba on Aug 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Airlander 10: Maiden flight at last for longest ai...

Disagree. Most surveillance planes used by military are big/fat/slow. Most are either prop driven and/or Boeing 737 in size.

mcguire on Aug 18, 2016 [–]

The Boeing E-3 is based on the 707.

The British Hawker Nimrod is based on the de Haviland Comet. (Whoo.)

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