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Boeing may use Antonov An-72 as platform for US Army FCA bid

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Old 23rd Jan 2006, 10:41
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Boeing may use Antonov An-72 as platform for US Army FCA bid
Hmmm, wonder how this will go down in Seattle etc if the AN-72 gets the nod - there may well be a degree of resistance based on the NIH syndrome.
http://www.flightinternational.com/A...r+FCA+bid.html
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Hmmm, wonder how this will go down in Seattle etc if the AN-72 gets the nod - there may well be a degree of resistance based on the NIH syndrome.
http://www.flightinternational.com/A...r+FCA+bid.html
Interesting. I guess it will be cheaper than resurrecting the Boeing YC-14 on which the An-72 is based...

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probably more chance that Antonov still have a full set of the Boeing plans......
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since there's an EADS entry the NIH factor won't be as bad for Boeing/Antonov

I'd think it will take a lot to beat C-27J though.
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Why wouldn't they use the AN 74 which is a developed version of the AN 72?
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...probably more chance that Antonov still have a full set of the Boeing plans.
Click HERE and you'll see that someone evidently nicked the plans for the Boeing C-14 back in the '70s. Funny how things go full circle....
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