"Ron" wrote in message
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This has been mooted, either as is or in a civil variant, at various
times. For some of the issues involved you might wish to read "C-17
-- How to Get More for Less":
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA357811
It's about 2 meg.
And not a new idea, either. I was leafing through the FAA Type
Dertificate Data Sheets one day, and discovered that the Lockheed
C-141 had been certificated for civilian use.
McD had been marketing the civil C-17 as the MD-17.
The C-17 line does not need more work right now.