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Old September 28th 08, 08:50 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
John Szalay
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John Szalay added these comments in the current discussion du
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EARLY YEARS -- Refueling in mid-air by Capt. Lowell H. Smith
and Lt. John P. Richter, at Rockwell Field, Calif., June 1923.
They stayed in the air four days using DeHaviland airplanes.

http://www.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=160&page=4

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photo...0309-F-9999G-0
03.jpg

I wonder if they had relief tubes in those days, or maybe just a
jar. grin


TRIVIA:

Know who held the patent for the heated relief tube to keep your
Johnson from sticking to that same tube ?
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Ben Rich... of Skunk Works fame !

 




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