KC-767 Refueling Pod Problem

Credit: BOEING
The photo accompanying your enlightened article on the buffet and flow separation issues for the Italian air force’s KC-767 refueling pod is worth “a thousand words” (AW&ST Oct. 020, p. 27). It appears the installation violates several aerodynamic rules of thumb: the pod has inadequate vertical...

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