"Geoff Miller" wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll writes:

[ L-1011 vs. DC-10 #2 engine placement ]

It wasn't a matter of not having room for the boom operator,
it was the effect on the receiving aircraft.


The RAF has used Tristar tankers for years. They use the
U.S. Navy-style probe and drogue refueling system, which,
if I remember correctly, appears to place receiving aircraft
at least as close to the #2 engine exhaust stream as the boom
system would've.


B777 - bland boring unimaginative and just dull.