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UK´s Airbus Military A330 MRTT’s Tornado Deal
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A UK Royal Air Force, Airbus Military A330 MRTT FSTA during a refueling sortie
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Tornado jet. (Photo curtesy Airbus Military)
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An UK´s Royal Air Force Airbus Military A330 MRTT has successfully completed its first contacts with a Tornado fighter. The two aircraft performed a series of dry contacts by day and night, during a programme to formally qualify the Tornado to refuel from the A330 Future Strategic Transport Aircraft in operational service.
Wet contacts, in which fuel is passed from the tanker to the receiver, will commence shortly. The sorties were conducted from RAF Boscombe Down air base with the support of Qinetiq.
The Tornado executed contacts with the A330 MRTT´s underwing hose-and-drogue pods at altitudes between 10,000ft and 30,000ft and at speeds of 250-325kt. |
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MAY 2012
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