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Old 13th Feb 2008, 08:05
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StopStart

Champagne anyone...?
 
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Would be nice for us to get involved with this sort thing but sadly the C130J has a fully developed, trialled and operationally tested wing-pod system in use with both the USMC and the IAF.

Thus it would take at least 10 years and £450M for BAe, Marshalls and Qinetiq to implement, design and test a system for the RAF. From what I've heard, the mooted RAF system involves throwing paper cups full of fuel off the ramp at passing aircraft.

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