The A330's "official" new name
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The A330's "official" new name
At a briefing at the top secret Oxfordshire airbase yesterday we were told that the Future Tanker A330 was now going to be known as the KC30! Any one else been told this??
You could call it the Nimrod K5...
After all, that name isn't being used any more, and it might be a constant reminder (embarrassment) to the politicians (and senior RAF officers?) who chopped it...
After all, that name isn't being used any more, and it might be a constant reminder (embarrassment) to the politicians (and senior RAF officers?) who chopped it...
The RAAF's A330MRTTs are termed 'KC-30A', but have a boom and no centreline hose.
They also have different engines.
Logically, the RAF's aircraft should be the KC-30B; however, whether there should be Mk1 (2 hose) and Mk2 (3 hose) versions is moot.
They also have different engines.
Logically, the RAF's aircraft should be the KC-30B; however, whether there should be Mk1 (2 hose) and Mk2 (3 hose) versions is moot.
VC-30B "Phoebus" might not be a bad choice. It cost a lot, and is a 'bus. But more significantly, it was the Latin byname for Apollo, the god of dvine power over distance, who sent or threatened from afar.
From the Encyclopaedia Britannica;
From the Encyclopaedia Britannica;
Apollo, byname Phoebus, in Greek religion, a deity of manifold function and meaning, after Zeus perhaps the most widely revered and influential of all the Greek gods. Though his original nature is obscure, from the time of Homer onward he was the god of divine distance, who sent or threatened from afar; the god who made men aware of their own guilt and purified them of it; who presided over religious law and the constitutions of cities; who communicated to man through prophets and oracles his knowledge of the future and the will of his father, Zeus. Even the ... (100 of 673 words)
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Hmmm. Being a Frenchie type airplane, it would simplistically be called the Frog.
However, let us think laterally and call it "The Toad".
After all, it will live mostly on Tactical Toadlines, and when chicks want dropping off they be "toad" along to their drop off point.
However, let us think laterally and call it "The Toad".
After all, it will live mostly on Tactical Toadlines, and when chicks want dropping off they be "toad" along to their drop off point.
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If this will be the first Airbus tanker in RAF service, then it should really be known as
K mk1, or KC mk1.
But, if we have to keep the KC designation, maybe we should follow that with a very common British name.
KC Jones gets my vote
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K mk1, or KC mk1.
But, if we have to keep the KC designation, maybe we should follow that with a very common British name.
KC Jones gets my vote
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Originally Posted by Rigga
...or VC30? - replacing the VC10 and the tristar
[VC = Vickers Civil]
??
Beags: "KC30 KCMk1 would be a bit daft....."
Yes it would, but you are mixing two different designation systems. You need a name to break them up, as with "C-130K Hercules C.3".
With base closures, how about using their names if UK has run out of major city names:
KC-30B Lyneham KC.1
F-35C Marham FG.1
Just an idea...
(and now the real stupid ideas will roll in)
Yes it would, but you are mixing two different designation systems. You need a name to break them up, as with "C-130K Hercules C.3".
With base closures, how about using their names if UK has run out of major city names:
KC-30B Lyneham KC.1
F-35C Marham FG.1
Just an idea...
(and now the real stupid ideas will roll in)