deicer Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Now who wouldn't want to be sitting there and watching this?http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Refueling-Over-Iraq.html Raise your hand... I thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Now who wouldn't want to be sitting there and watching this?http://www.airspacem...-Over-Iraq.html Raise your hand... I thought so.Not me, I'd much rather be strapped in the front seat of one of those F18s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 This excercise takes a lot of practice to do it right, and these pilots make it look easy. (It's not.) In 1985, I did acceptance checks on the first batch of Canadian CF-18's to arrive in Europe, and many of them had damage to the nose area of the aircraft, some had bashed off the AOA vane. Inserting the aircraft refueling probe into that basket can be a tricky task... as I'm sure many pilots who frequent this board can attest to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Also take into account that this was a C130-J aircraft delivering the fuel. It flies quite a bit slower that a KC135 or KC10 making the task that much harder and the F/A18 wants to be going fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Also take into account that this was a C130-J aircraft delivering the fuel. It flies quite a bit slower that a KC135...Our guys were using the 707 to do that job... (a Canadian "KC-135", I guess) how much faster than a Herc would it fly while delivering fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Our guys were using the 707 to do that job... (a Canadian "KC-135", I guess) how much faster than a Herc would it fly while delivering fuel? The C-130 refueling speed is about 220-230kts. The CF B707/KC 135 was about 265-275 kts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conehead Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks Rich, that gave me a good laugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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