Flutter Tests Reveal Vibrations from Tanker Refueling Pods
Credit: BOEING
Boeing will deliver the first 767 tanker to the Italian air force for acceptance testing in mid-2007--eight months later than scheduled. The delay is the result of an unexpected vibration--at high refueling speeds--from the pylons connecting the aircraft's two probe-and-drogue refueling pods to the...
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