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the tweet says that its rumoured to go for VIP alterations but do they repaint it after?
be nice if some were going through for MRTT refurbishing
Opportunity to update the CC-150 fleet?
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be nice if some were going through for MRTT refurbishing
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They are - it's a question of when the line is available.
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Infographic: CC-330 Husky - Canada.ca
Visual description: Information poster that includes 2 images of the future CC-330 Husky aircraft in flight. One against a blue background and the other with the air-to-air refuelling boom and baskets out.
yes I see the first MRTT is scheduled for 2027
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not necessarily.
MRTT based ON A330-800 (NEO) seems to be a go:
www.ainonline.com
Airbus A330 MRTT Goes Neo | AIN
After several years of studying the idea, Airbus launched a version of its popular A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) based on the A330-800neo airliner.
www.ainonline.com
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MRTT+ is based on a different airframe.
Boeing’s KC-46 has a new top-tier deficiency
The latest Category 1 deficiency, discovered this spring, involves a faulty fuel pump.
www.defensenews.com
Thank goodness we didn’t op for KC46.
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Oops. Forgot the chocks, and it rolled.
CC150 Polaris (150003) – Epilogue - Canada.ca
The occurrence aircraft was flown to Guam on the 21st of July to repatriate the remainder of the equipment and personnel following the Canadian participation in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN and was scheduled to depart the following day.
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Oops. Forgot the chocks, and it rolled.
CC150 Polaris (150003) – Epilogue - Canada.ca
The occurrence aircraft was flown to Guam on the 21st of July to repatriate the remainder of the equipment and personnel following the Canadian participation in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN and was scheduled to depart the following day.www.canada.ca
Honestly it's mind blowing how far Boeing has allowed itself to fall.Boeing’s KC-46 has a new top-tier deficiency
The latest Category 1 deficiency, discovered this spring, involves a faulty fuel pump.
Thank goodness we didn’t op for KC46.
i suppose a faulty fuel pump is better than a fuel pump being replaced by a sandwich, wrench, fast food order, or forgotten smart phone...
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Boeing charges extra for that.....the faulty fuel pump is gratis.
Boeing went from "If it's not Boeing, I'm not going!" to "Wait my flight is on a Boeing? Ummmm, can you put me on a flight on something else pls?"
You know the company's image isn't doing well when a Boeing employee learns his flight to his vacation is going to be on a 787 Dreamliner, so he promptly cancels his flight...
At least the F/A-18 program is going solid, are the Apache & Chinook programs. I'm tempted to say their military side is doing a lot better than their civil aviation side (and for the most part it really is) but they still have massive quality control issues with both the KC-46 and some P-8 airframes.
(Mostly with the KC-46 and it's myriad of problems because they tried to reinvent the wheel, but there's still the odd few nuts & bolts found in the inner workings of P-8's during their final inspections - or worse yet their initial inspections once delivered to customers)
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Why are we going on about Boeing in an Airbus thread?
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Because there isn't an Embraer thread?
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I’ll allow it.
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The moment I heard Boeing's top Management types primarily seemed to have a McDon background. I knew Boeing was screwed.
I've had serious doubts about McDonnell Douglas management practices after they bailed an F/A 18 from the US Navy for the Paris airshow in the early eighties.
Promptly crashed it and then tried to charge the Navy for the replacement aircraft !
I've had serious doubts about McDonnell Douglas management practices after they bailed an F/A 18 from the US Navy for the Paris airshow in the early eighties.
Promptly crashed it and then tried to charge the Navy for the replacement aircraft !
By pointing out how much Boeing seems to suck these days we are implying that Airbus is better...??
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And, you know, the whole DC10 thing.
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To be fair I suspect that the DC 10 could have happened to anyone. And by the the time McDon ,the FAA and the NTSB were finished the DC 10 may very well have become possibly the safest airliner in modern history.
Ironically enough by the time the various investigations and law suits were done they literally knew everything that could go wrong with the design.
Ironically enough by the time the various investigations and law suits were done they literally knew everything that could go wrong with the design.
