VC 10 to fly again as a tanker
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VC 10 to fly again as a tanker
I am surprised none have you picked up on it in the Brunty thread, but ZA150 has been sold with the ambition to get her back into service tanking, see link.
https://ukaviation.news/kepler-aeros...lid=IwAR2kQjEN
https://ukaviation.news/kepler-aeros...lid=IwAR2kQjEN
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Good luck finding spares. 20 years ago they never came back from a trip fully serviceable and I doubt there is any stock sat on shelves waiting to be used.
Though I would like to see it again in the air.
Though I would like to see it again in the air.
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Would BAe provide the necessary Design Authority support? Only at a high price, I reckon, but even so I can't see how it could be cost-effective unless they are going to get several going.
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Originally Posted by SASKATOON9999
We have a perfectly good, modern fleet of Voyagers, currently under utilised?
'We' haven't bought it.
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Originally Posted by possel
Would BAe provide the necessary Design Authority support? Only at a high price, I reckon, but even so I can't see how it could be cost-effective unless they are going to get several going.
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Hasn't the USAF just retired its first KC-10 to the boneyard? Would be better off getting that dusted down.
Just answered my own question - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...for-retirement
Just answered my own question - https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...for-retirement
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Originally Posted by Green Flash
Hasn't the USAF just retired its first KC-10 to the boneyard? Would be better off getting that dusted down.
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One of the amazing things about human beings is to hold on to the past - long after it has past.
I adored the VC-10, it was magnificent but it is gone.
Look at marks & Spencer - for years they have been trying to rescue the clothing side of the business. Yet, it was apparent more than 15 years ago that it was dead in the water. Still they spend money trying to make it work. The only part of M&S that works is the food hall.
Let this beautiful bird rest in our memories.
I adored the VC-10, it was magnificent but it is gone.
Look at marks & Spencer - for years they have been trying to rescue the clothing side of the business. Yet, it was apparent more than 15 years ago that it was dead in the water. Still they spend money trying to make it work. The only part of M&S that works is the food hall.
Let this beautiful bird rest in our memories.
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Originally Posted by GeeRam
KC-10 is a boom tanker, and I suspect the requirement is for hose n drogue, as someone has pointed out, this sounds like a continuation or variation of the continuing USN Omega/AirTanker debacle.
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Originally Posted by frodo_monkey
Nope, KC10 has a centreline drogue too - at least the ones I’ve got gas from did. The tanker of choice if you couldn’t have a Voyager!
