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Old 2nd Jul 2010, 19:57
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GreenKnight121
 
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The filing document says US Aerospace will submit three models of Antonov aircraft - An-124-KC, An-122-KC and An-112-KC - before the KC-X bidding deadline on 9 July. The aircraft will be assembled in the US, but built in the Ukraine.
An-124-KC, An-122-KC (2-engined An-124)
OK... the world's biggest refueler (significantly bigger than even the B747 tanker)... and how long will the boom & hoses need to be to get the "receiver aircraft" out of the wake-turbulence zone of that monster?


An-112-KC
An un-built swept-winged jet-engined drawing-board aircraft loosely based on a 1950s-designed straight-winged turboprop transport. For a competition that specifies entries must be based on an "in-service commercial design".

Russia must have some serious drugs going around!
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