UK2 PB972 Avro LancasterMkIII 1949-08 to G-33-2.jpg

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John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net wrote:

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Those look more like Boeing B-29s than Avro Lancasters.

On 08/06/2014 01:26, John Szalay wrote:
®i©ardo wrote in
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On 07/06/2014 21:19, John Szalay wrote:
®i©ardo wrote in
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On 07/06/2014 20:37, JR wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 08:26:31 -0400, Joseph Testagrose
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Wow, never saw this before!


Yet another British first which has been lost in the mists of time!

http://cobham75.com/cobham-the-compa...85/air-to-air-
refuelling-
takes-off.aspx

Ri©ardo


Not lost, Some of us remember.




Thank you John, but I fear we might be in a minority.

Ri©ardo


Yep..Details are sometimes forgotten over the years...
I,m still trying to determine the background on this system,



Maybe it's a follow on from this:

"Flight Refuelling's new probe and drogue system, was demonstrated to a
USAF delegation just six months later. On August 7 1949, installed in a
company Lancaster tanker and Meteor receiver, it enabled a world jet
endurance record of 12 hours and 3 minutes.

The subsequent arrival of four B-29s and two Republic F-84 fighters for
conversion to tankers and receivers brought both technical and timescale
problems, only later resolved by the transfer of the probe and drogue
design and manufacturing rights to the US government. As if to underline
the value of the system, in 1950 the USAF flew the first modified F-84s
back home - the first air refuelled non-stop jet crossing of the Atlantic."

....as extracted from the Cobham link.

Ri©ardo

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On 08/06/2014 04:45, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net wrote:

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Those look more like Boeing B-29s than Avro Lancasters.


Good spot Orval!

;-)

Ri©ardo

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®i©ardo wrote in
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On 08/06/2014 04:45, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net wrote:

On 08/06/2014 15:23, John Szalay wrote:
®i©ardo wrote in
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On 08/06/2014 04:45, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
John Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net wrote:

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Those look more like Boeing B-29s than Avro Lancasters.


Good spot Orval!

;-)

Ri©ardo


Perhaps he would like this better ?
Wait, thats a Lincoln . Oops.........


There were some fine British cities up there...

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this does not look like the easy way to do IFR, I wonder if they tried it at
night? with no lights?

y wrote in
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this does not look like the easy way to do IFR, I wonder if they tried
it at night? with no lights?

no idea, trying to find documentaion, but no luck so far..
pretty much ignored in any refueling articles, I have found
the only thing I know, was tested at Muroc/Edwards area..
and the serials of the aircraft..