Successful trial of new air refueling technique; tanker aircraft trails 65ft fuel hose which terminates in cone containing main fuel valve; applying half flap, Meteor pilot approaches tanker and engages with cone by use of "probe" which protrudes from nose of his aircraft; within cone it is gripped by three toggles; equipment constructed by Flight Refueling Ltd. (see also Aviation Week v 51 n 9 Aug 29 1949 p 18-20; Engineering v 168 n 4359 Aug 12 1949 p 151; Aero Digest v 59 n 4 Oct 1949 p 28, 106; Engineer v 188 n 4889 Oct 7 1949 p 408)
Meteor's 12-hour flight
Flight
Flight ; 56 , n 2120
1949
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
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