Tombouctou Aviation Company-Executive flights-VIP flights-Head of States flights

Check out these guys...nice updated 707, with nice Romanian crew...saw them couple of years ago here in Portugal...a shiny and looking-new 707 as if was rolling out of the factory, on behalf of Mali Govnmt :ok:

What's the Brand name of the Engine modifications (sound -deadening) on this 707 ?

Looks like everything worked out:

http://a.yfrog.com/img875/5723/krudt.jpg


Mid-transformation:
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Av...2011Ramp-L.jpg

(photos from NYCAviation)

Wow, is that early-'60s Pan Am livery? (Not counting the tail.) I sure don't remember it looking like that...

I believe it's either BAC or Quiet Skies Inc. I found this STC that I think is applicable. Some information points to BAC, other to Open Skies...perhaps it was a joint venture as both companies are in Burbank CA (BAC = Burbank Aeronautical Corp).

It bears a passing resemblance to this:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7360/clipper63ax.jpg

Possibly they're not filming where the tail might be visible, or they just haven't wrapped it yet.

Actually, you don't need a type rating to fly F/O on any big jet under FAA regulations. The captain (PIC) is the only one that needs it. And if you're not getting paid, you can be co-pilot with a PPL as long as you have the right endorsements (high performance, high altitude, complex, turbine).

PIC Time: Part 61.51 or Part 1. What's the difference?

Yes it is, apart from that tail (was it painted later or were camera angles used to show the front only ?)

Pan Am changed their livery to this one just in time for the first 707 to arrive in 1958, although quite a lot of the piston fleet then got repainted into it as well. It lasted for about 10 years (so throughout the 1960s), when the change was made from PAN AMERICAN on the fuselage to PAN AM; the remainder stayed the same. The shortened name suited the 747 proportions better; Pan Am seem to have changed their livery for the arrival of each major new type, then repainted the older fleet to suit.

Which Clipper name have they used ?

N707JT in Pan Am livery
 

I think Travolta will wish he'd had it permanently painted in Pan Am colours :)

Why? He had a very good deal from QANTAS - including a free 747-400 type rating course!

Having watched a few episodes I see they elected to use an aircraft with stage 3 hush kits. The turkey feathers are the only obvious faux pas I noticed in a vintage 707.

Pan American Boeing 720B from flickrhttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/...87f772fdbd.jpg
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) (1st) Boeing 720-023B N780PA (msn 18033) PHL (Bruce Drum) (historic photo) by Airliners Gallery, on Flickr

Boeing 707 for Pan Am
 

It might be too expensive, but couldn't Pan Am (ABC) get a KC-135E from the Air Force Bone Yard in Arizona?