Too Big, Too Heavy

Human Events ^ | 3/24 | Jed Babbin

[MHalblaub]

The wing is not going to be a new one, and wingpods are already well understood and deployed by the KC-10....which Boeing also is the responsible engineering party for.

It'll be a different wing by putting an extra load on the wing tips.
Just think about the little tire weights on your car.

No KC-767 with wingpods was delivered so far.

As soon as the first KC-767A will be officially delivered to the ItAF in 2009, the Italian crews [...]

http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/the-boeing-767-delivered-to-the-italian-air-force/

Meanwhile down under:

The RAAF’s first KC-30B ([picture] below) was modified at EADS Casa’s Getafe site near Madrid, and is involved in an ongoing flight-test programme ahead of its planned entry into service late next year.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/11/224590/qantas-to-start-first-australian-kc-30-tanker-conversion.html

[MHalblaub]

The news is out that they are going to do a rebid on only the 8 items. The rebid will be overseen by the DOD, not the Air Force. I can’t supply a link since I can’t find one not from the AP.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jegxwbqt5_giD6MDibdaa-4ibc9Q

And there is bad news for Boeing:
“GEnx offered for future A330s”
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/07/25/208087/farnborough-genx-offered-for-future-a330s.html

General Electric is floating the idea of offering the GEnx to power future derivatives of the A330, including the -200F freighter and tanker variants.
[...]
Brisken adds: “There's no intent for Airbus to do that, but it does offer significant advantages, and if 13% fuel burn means anything to the customers, I'm sure there could be interest.”

[cmdr straker]

Do you work on KC-135’s do you recover them. Do you Fly them, and not a home simulator either.
How many years experiance do you have in Airlift /Tanker ops.
how many years USAF aircraft experiance.
I’ll bet the answer is NO!.....
they do land with a % fuel not transfered. Guess he’s never been deployed either.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

The CGT appears to back any radical movement in Mexico that opposes the Mexican government and the United States. The union openly supports both anarchist and communist causes in Mexico that seek to destabilize the southern border of the U.S.

Wait until this anarchy spills into the United States itself. And anyone who thinks it won't eventually is fooling themselves.