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Old April 22nd 15, 05:22 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Skywise
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Default commercial in flight refueling?

http://www.space.com/29079-is-in-fli...to-commercial-
airlines.html

errr....uhmmm... uhhh... yeah... right...

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Old April 27th 15, 03:02 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Vaughn
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Default commercial in flight refueling?

On 4/22/2015 12:22 AM, Skywise wrote:
http://www.space.com/29079-is-in-fli...to-commercial-
airlines.html

errr....uhmmm... uhhh... yeah... right...

Brian

A better link: http://tinyurl.com/in-flight-refueling

Almost needless to day, I doubt that any rational business case could be
made for in-flight refueling. Even governments can barely afford
in-flight refueling for their air forces.

Think about it: You must put at least two expensive airframes in the
air to transport just one payload to a destination. Naturally, both of
those aircraft consume expensive fuel! If the refueling fails, (as
often happens) you must have a plan in place to divert to solid ground.
 




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