On Sep 17, 12:36*pm, "Mike Kanze" wrote:
...Proving once again that it's not as easy as it looks. Bow wave from the tankee's nose and burble from the tanker aircraft are constants that the pilot must factor for a successful basket plug.

Note that the hose failed to retract into the tanker as it should have once the second (successful) plug was made and the basket was shoved forward.

Those of you laughing have likely never tried this in a low fuel state / night situation, with a pitching deck awaiting your recovery. Not anyone's idea of happy fun.

--
Mike Kanze

"I prefer my tragedy and despair in limited doses."
- Sherman the shark

"That's what golf is for."
- Hawthorne the hermit crab

Sherman's Lagoon, 4/5/08

* "Yeff" wrote in .. .
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGS8dwQSWzI

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* -Jeff B.
*

* "Excuse me.
* *I don't mean to impose,
* *but I am the Ocean."

* * * * ~ The Salton Sea

'Tis true. but afterwards when you land, that's another story.

Had a B-1 once, refuel went wrong during flight test. boom scraped
along right seat, tapped the window. Comment that pilot had for weeks
was, ''Did you see God??"

There is a reason there are marks on the top of airplanes for
refueling recepticle.

But, with the loose recepticle on the end of reel like that one, its
difficult to connect, could be turbulence, anything . As conditions
get worse and the need for gas more extreme, pretty dicey up there.

I've heard some stories of what it was like to refuel from KC-97 from
a B-47 or B-52, tanker is going full bore, receiver is trying not to
stall. Not fun. Way safer now.