Tri Star bowing out.
Saw a piece in USA that Omni the US civil AAR contractor may be interested in them. Ready made AAR assets to add to their portfolio. Mentions less than a £mil for the lot. Cheaper an Omni TriStar on Falklands stby than mega bucks Voyager?
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Well, that would depend upon whether something limits the availability of the intended replacement.....
Top Bunk Tester, it's rather quiet here at the moment....I wonder why?
Is there any chance of the TriStar being given a stay of execution?
Top Bunk Tester, it's rather quiet here at the moment....I wonder why?
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Is there any chance of the TriStar being given a stay of execution?
Mmmmmm Beags deafening isn't it?
Chicken tava and kangaroo flip-flops for 300 please Basil!
Ex Gutersloh, new captain on type, new co-pilot on type.
Just fuel for the UK BUT, r/w length required full thrust departure.
Check alt on SID was 4000ft.
Climbing through 3000ft at circa 4000ft/min cojo calls "One to go." and looks down to retrieve doc from nav bag.
Looks up again to see 4000ft passing still at previous RoC.
Calls "Passing 4000!"
Silence and, ahem, reduced g ensues.
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"F**k me, and I thought the RAF were bad!"
"I turned white back there and it ain't a pleasant experience!" (From Afro Para).
I am sad to hear about the in flight incident with the mil A330. Hope, all recover well. However, the damage to the whole fleet is done, and this will be a sure test of the military airworthiness system.
Talk of the TriStar being extended is warranted as the RAF faces the prospect of having no AAR capability in a months time. In fact, one can speculate that serious failures may have already started with the Prime Ministers promise to provide the French AF with AAR capability for CAR falling flat on its face. However, the effect on TriStar personel will be considerable and, although they will rise to any challenge, they will get scant reward-probably lose out on postings and promotions if the delay continues.
FSTA is screwed-up in many ways, and Billions of pounds have been wasted IMO.
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Talk of the TriStar being extended is warranted as the RAF faces the prospect of having no AAR capability in a months time. In fact, one can speculate that serious failures may have already started with the Prime Ministers promise to provide the French AF with AAR capability for CAR falling flat on its face. However, the effect on TriStar personel will be considerable and, although they will rise to any challenge, they will get scant reward-probably lose out on postings and promotions if the delay continues.
FSTA is screwed-up in many ways, and Billions of pounds have been wasted IMO.
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Vasco, yes the PM promised RAF AAR help with the French in CAR. Guess that this has proved to be a broken promise? For decades, RAF AAR assets have earned huge amounts of military credit when working for other NATO nations. One can only speculate if this will be possible in the future?
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It must make it interesting for inflight refuelling, f**k me where has it gone? springs to mind.
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Ex Gutersloh, new captain on type, new co-pilot on type.
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the UK BUT, r/w length required full thrust departure.
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I recall that -22B thrust was required for Gutersloh departures? In any event, without much fuel aboard and only carrying Pax, it would still go up like a scalded angel!
Another week and, nothing! No news and yet, there is a trawl on the RAF website to complete a "how to improve this site" survey. Here is the answer - put some news on it! Is the TriStar doing a good job? Is the TriStar the only tanker asset left? Are 216 and their support working hard? What is happening?
It is not a secret that the FSTA is grounded. Why are the efforts of other personel unworthy of a few column inches, you muppets?
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It is not a secret that the FSTA is grounded. Why are the efforts of other personel unworthy of a few column inches, you muppets?
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Maybe they're trying to make a positive out of a negative? One tanker fleet grounded, the other due for retirement in six weeks.
Um, where's the former Iraqi information minister when you need him?
Um, where's the former Iraqi information minister when you need him?
