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Old 12th Mar 2008, 19:59
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Should the unforgiveable happen, and Boring's lawyers manage to overturn the USAF's decision, their Frankentanker will forever be known as 'The Tanker the Air Force didn't want'.

As for some KC-777 version, Boring should recall that one of the reasons they won the Italian 767 tanker programme (if their corporate memory stretches back that far into history) was that, at the time, Airbus couldn't decide whether to offer them the A310MRTT or the A330MRTT. "If they can't decide which to offer, they obviously haven't understood our need' was the IAF feeling....

The runway at Pratica de Mare has since been extended to cope with the ground-gripping characteristics of the still undelivered 767-200 tanker. But even so, it still will be unable to get airborne at MTOW in the summer.

Perhaps they build the KC-767 at Kansas because it's nice and flat?

Face it, Boring, your jet isn't as good. Dress it up however you will, but it simply doesn't measure up to the A330.

And what a shame that your own Top Brass announced that the 7-late-7 "Didn't have the right configuration to be a tanker".....
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