Registration / Serial:49-2591
Alternate Serial:92591
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367)
Aircraft Version:Boeing KC-97A Stratofreighter
C/n (msn):16213
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1950 to December 1950
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:879657Submit Correction
View count: 100
Converted on the production line to a KC-97 to test the C-97's suitability as a tanker. The tests were successful and USAF ordered large numbers of KC-97ss. 49-2591 was converted back to a C-97 at the end of the tests and was retired in 1964.
Registration / Serial:49-2591
Alternate Serial:92591
Aircraft Version:Boeing KC-97A Stratofreighter
C/n (msn):16213
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1950 to December 1950
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Registration / Serial:49-2591
Alternate Serial:92591
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter (367)
Aircraft Version:Boeing KC-97A Stratofreighter
C/n (msn):16213
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1950 to December 1950
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:879657Submit Correction
View count: 100
Converted on the production line to a KC-97 to test the C-97's suitability as a tanker. The tests were successful and USAF ordered large numbers of KC-97ss. 49-2591 was converted back to a C-97 at the end of the tests and was retired in 1964.
Registration / Serial:49-2591
Alternate Serial:92591
Aircraft Version:Boeing KC-97A Stratofreighter
C/n (msn):16213
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1950 to December 1950
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)