To: Paleo Conservative
Interesting aerodynamic design... Are those sides flat? Doesn't look like it would carry much payload?
11 posted on
11/20/2006 7:56:29 PM PST by
phantomworker
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To: phantomworker
I think the flat sides are or the Israeli version of the fixed, side scan, phased array ground search radar.
The in the picture is the plane (apparently) that the (future) tanker might be built from.
13 posted on
11/20/2006 7:59:27 PM PST by
Robert A Cook PE
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To: phantomworker
Interesting aerodynamic design... Are those sides flat? Doesn't look like it would carry much payload? That's not the tanker. It's the G-550 with the Phalcon radar system installed. The regular G-550 has a round fuselage. It might not carry as much fuel as a KC-135, but it probably has subsonic flight characteristics closer to that of high performance fighters it would refuel than a large transport based tanker. Perhaps a larger tanker would top off the small tankers that could then fly closer to the combat area.
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