The first part of the article discusses the advantages -- increased flight range and maneuverability -- to be gained by single and multiple inflight refueling of high speed bombers and fighters. The second part of the article describes the two principal existing methods of aerial refueling -- the flying boom and the probe-anddrogue systems -- and discusses their relative advantages and disadvantages and the problems generally associated with serial refueling.


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    Title :

    Red Star on Refueling Aircraft in the Air


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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