The ability to refuel in flight also enables aircraft to take off with more ordnance than they might otherwise.
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Its attempts to procure one Boeing 727 each from domestic carriers Ansett and TAA were unsuccessful but, in December, Qantas agreed to sell the government two Boeing 707s for $14.5 million.
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On 1 July 1983, after the government procured two more 707s for $7.5 million from Worldways Canada, No.
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