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Buffet Problems For Italian KC-767  
User currently offlineScbriml From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 11438 posts, RR: 50
Posted (7 years 4 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2730 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

In today's electronic FI, it's reported that delivery of Italy's first KC-767 will be delayed until mid-2007.

The delay has been caused by an "unexpected" buffet problem on the wing-mounted refuelling pods.


Four more years!
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User currently offlineCHRISBA777ER From UK - England, joined Mar 2001, 5964 posts, RR: 63
Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2701 times:

Well i'd suggest getting some external caterers in if their chefs cant handle it.

Odd place to put a meal though.


What do you mean you dont have any bourbon? Do you know how far it is to Houston? What kind of airline is this???
User currently offlineKeesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2692 times:

Known in the industry for some time but strongly denied here on a.net by the "Boeing always does better then promised" believers..

http://www.airliners.net/discussions...ilitary/read.main/46003/6/#ID46003

User currently offlineKC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11742 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2500 times:

Quoting Keesje (Reply 2):
Known in the industry for some time but strongly denied here on a.net by the "Boeing always does better then promised" believers..

Oh please get off your anti-Boeing horse, Keesje. Care to make any comments about the RAAF A-330MRTT program?

The wing buffeting problem because of the wingtip refueling pods was a problem. Boeing had corrected it a few months ago, by extending the struts supporting the refueling pods about 6" (152mm). The Italian AF #1 KC-767 was not suppose to be delivered until 2007, anyway. The Italians are suppose to take delivery of the #2 tanker before the #1 tanker. The #1 airplane stays in flight testing, then will be refurbished before delivery. The Italians will begin their training on the #2 airplane.

User currently offlineKeesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (7 years 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2420 times:

Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 3):
The Italian AF #1 KC-767 was not suppose to be delivered until 2007, anyway.

Italian orders were placed in 2001 with first delivery in 2004, with the others to follow in 2005 and 2006. Nobody seems to remember.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/30685_tanker10.shtml

User currently offlineKC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11742 posts, RR: 51
Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2296 times:

That was a story from July 2001. A lot of things changed since then. One of those was when Italy wanted to go for the two wingtip refueling pods and an air refueling boom. The drawing in that story show the wingtip pods, but a centerline refueling drogue.

http://www.boeing.com/ids/globaltanker/program/index.html

According to Boeing, the first KC-767 went to Witchata in 2003 and rolled out in 2005. It is in flight testing now. The Italian AF will take delivery of the #2 KC-767 late this year, then the #1 airplane next year.

User currently offlineTropicBird From United States of America, joined May 2005, 502 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2252 times:

The latest issue of Aviation Week has a lengthy story about this issue. Delivery of the first plane has been delayed because of this problem which Boeing said has been fixed. However (speaking from memory) I believe the fix has to be flight tested along with the boom and pod system this summer.

Something like that.
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