Airbus Military: UK Tanker to Fly By September
By PIERRE TRAN, FARNBOROUGH, UK – A first flight of the A330 multirole tanker and transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered for Britain’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) program is due before the end of the third quarter, said Antonio Caramazana, Airbus Military vice president, head of Airbus military derivatives.
Flight trials of the second FSTA aircraft is expected “soon after,” Caramazana told journalists July 19 at the Farnborough Airshow. That is expected to be around two months after the flight of the first aircraft, a source familiar with the program said.......