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Old 16th Nov 2022, 00:01
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Originally Posted by Afrijet
Metro Liners still use it. So do some guys with turbo Buicks with 3.8’s and gmc typhoons. Usually a water/methanol setup. Same idea though. FYI, not all kc-135’s have been converted to cfm’s. Some still use the smokers as do e-3’s and other airframe derivatives of the kc.
Those don't have the original pure jet TF-33s. They were re-engined with JT3D low bypass turbofans (salvaged from scrapped 707's) back in the 1980s (there was a plan to update those to CFMs as well but it may well have been cancelled). The USAF E-3s were built with JT3Ds (NATO got CFMs on the original build). I'm pretty sure they're not equipped with water injection.
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