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DATE:30/01/07

SOURCE:Flight International

First dry contact made by KC-767 tanker

Boeing's KC-767 tanker-transport has performed its first dry contact with a receiving aircraft during a trial sortie flown from the US Air Force's Edwards AFB in California. The aircraft - destined for Italy - performed the work with its fly-by-wire refuelling boom connecting to a USAF Boeing B-52. Additional testing of the boom and wing refuelling pods will be performed.

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