Tristar takes root at Marshalls
The RAF would have more Tristars if Marshall were more efficient and used their resources wisely. The glass cockpit upgrade is being supplied by a Philadelphia based avionics company - they are way behind schedule with their deliveries. Secondly, Marshall have taken it on themselves to make the electronic control module for the Fuel tank inerting (think: Marshalls designing avionics? - what do metal bashers Marshall know about building avionics?). This module will also be late and will cost the ARC IPT a fortune. Marshall could have use their engineers to work on avionc installation aspects (which they do know something about) but no, Marshall decided to do this work themselves (at enormous expense and long delays)with the result that a valuable RAF Tristar has now taken root in Hangar 17 in Cambridge.
Would love to know how Marshall plans to Certify (DO178) the Tristar module -they are so naive whem it comes to the complexities of certifying avionics/software!
RAF - demand that your Tristar gets the priority!