Bus v. Boeing

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By: DTJ - 31st March 2001 at 00:53

The RAF's FSTA (tanker contract) debate is hotting up, and the choice of platform has narrowed down to the Boeing 767 and the Airbus A330. From what I can gather the politicians favour the Airbus plastic because its all Euro-shiny, whereas the end-users want the Boeing metal because its wings don't bounce around so much when tanking and it can fit into a lot more airfields/hangars.

So which should it be?

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By: quietkev - 31st March 2001 at 03:35 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

RE: Bus v. Boeing

Depends on who has the most say in the buying process. If its the politicans then they'll probably go for the AirCus , er I mean Bus. If it's the air forces choice the 767.