On what is today the seventh anniversary of the invitation to tender for a service to provide Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force one has to once again raise the question,when, and maybe add if?. What little information that has appeared recently seems more negative than positive with further VC10 life extension and TriStar re-instrumentation being mentioned.
It is now far too late surely to consider re-engining the Fun Bus but how much longer will the world accept four Conways in full song, a magnificent but ear shattering experience? More importantly, the need for reliability in both the Transport and Tanker roles will only become more challenging as the current fleet gets even older
Last edited by Art Field; 4th January 2008 at 08:10.
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