Acknowledgment - glhcarl
I acknowledge a one-to-one instruction in Tristar aerodynamics from glhcarl and thank him for it. I stand corrected, but wiser.
That said, the RAF still chose the wrong aircraft in the Tristar for AAR. More of a political decision than an engineering-based one.
The Lockheed tri-motor still remains my favourite aircraft of all time - despite what the RAF did to it and four companies-worth of DC10.
So have they worked out where to hang the (newer type) pods yet???