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Old 23rd Nov 2022, 18:57
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Hopefully the fish comedians have now run out of ideas?

Using that fuel in the Voyager raises some questions regarding its use in the AAR role. Have the pods been cleared for this fuel? Or receiver aircraft? If not, how will that alternative fuel be 100% flushed out so that the aircraft can be used in the role for which the RAF intended?

When we first had the VC10K, the pods weren't cleared for JP4 in the US. So on trails back to the UK we had to land at civil airports rather than US military aerodromes. Which must have been expensive, but was much more fun as the local hotels were usually rather better too. Regrettably FRL soon cleared the pods, but it had been fun whilst it lasted!
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