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To: COEXERJ145

Considering the proposed civilian BC-17 was too expensive and had too short a range, and the C-5 tooling has been destroyed, Antonov should have the oversized cargo roll on -roll off market to itself.


12 posted on 08/27/2005 5:55:03 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Yeah, the only other out sized cargo aircraft are the A300-600ST and the soon to be 747LCF. The Air Force isn't going to rent out C-5's and no one wanted the BC-17 due to the cost but also because the deal was that the Air Force could appropriate the aircraft if necessary.
13 posted on 08/27/2005 6:28:08 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Cindy Sheehan, Pat Buchanan, John Conyers, and David Duke Are Just Different Sides of the Same Coin.)
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