Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service
Air refuelling between two twin A-330MRTT airplanes
Madrid, Spain - Airbus Military has for the first time demonstrated in flight “Buddy” refuelling between two same airplanes
To-date three such flights have been performed, the latest one being part of the certification flight trials. This type of operation further illustrates the capability of the new-generation A-330 MRTT tanker to refuel any kind of large receiver, even wide-body aircraft like another A-330 MRTT or receiver aircraft with complex aerodynamics such as the E-3 AWACS tested in February. It also demonstrates...
fra/pec - 1117397
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency