Nikonian72 wrote:
Refueling aircraft trail a winged-boom from the tail area, not mid-section.
The RAF, on their TriStar air-to-air refuelers, use a hose and drogue system.
Erv
Loc: Medina Ohio
Hi Bill.:) I don't think the Toyota could keep up! :):)
Erv
Bill MN wrote:
If it is a refueling plane I wonder what they charge for fuel.
Erv wrote:
Hi Bill.:) I don't think the Toyota could keep up! :):)
Erv
And I thought you were the guy who could tune things up so they would run faster.
Good picture Erv, I can see the plane clearly and you can see the gas hose extending from the rear of the plane.
He definitely is getting in position to refuel another plane.
They don't go flying around the country with the refueling hose hanging down under the plane.
Bob K.
That's an AirBus A320. The "refueling boom" you think you see is the starboard wing. You said Cleveland right, probably a United Airlines flight.
Bob K. wrote:
Good picture Erv, I can see the plane clearly and you can see the gas hose extending from the rear of the plane.
Bob K.
If you can see the hose then you are a better person than myself, plus this Airbus tanker is a very long way from home! Some Airbuses are being converted to tanker/ frieghters for use by the RAF to replace the aging Tristar. As Nikonian 72 pointed out the RAF use a basket to refuel, as you can refuel three aircraft at the same time compared to the flying boon used by the US. All Tanker aircraft used by the RAF [Tristar, VC-10, Hercules C-130] all have three baskets, one under each wing on a pod and a center basket under the fuselage.
All US tankers use a flying boon [with the exception of the C-130 which uses baskets for refuel of helicopters].
Regardless of boons or baskets, the aircraft in the photograph is an Airbus of 319 or 320 family and not a BOEING which is one of the US Tanker aircraft.
How can I be so sure of my facts? I flew for the Royal Air Force for 11 years and was the Squadrons Aircraft Recognitions officer who taught pilots how to recognize various aircraft- I think that makes me suitably qualified to state 'This is a civilian aircraft, not engaged in air to air refuel and should NOT be intercepted!!'
Erv
Loc: Medina Ohio
Well I do still have the bottle of nitrous from my racing days. Can you come help pick up the pieces if I try it? :):)
Erv
Bill MN wrote:
And I thought you were the guy who could tune things up so they would run faster.
Erv wrote:
Well I do still have the bottle of nitrous from my racing days. Can you come help pick up the pieces if I try it? :):)
Erv
Yes if you have a front end loader tractor.
Like I said before...AirBus. Not a tanker. Airliner. IAE engines. United or USAirways maybe Spirit.
You're looking at the starboard wing with the winglet or the tail feathers trying to make them into refueling booms.
Just a plain old plane. AirBus.
Well, I know what it's not, Erv. It's not the FedEx plane that flies too close over the roof of our house. :-D
Erv wrote:
In the back yard tonight almost dark and saw this plane. Do you think in is for refueling?
Erv
Definitely KC-135, as stated earlier..
Dixiegirl wrote:
Well, I know what it's not, Erv. It's not the FedEx plane that flies too close over the roof of our house. :-D
I love seeing the Fed-Ex and UPS planes takeoff and land, they are loaded to the hilt and it takes forever to gain altitude and slowly loose the altitude to land.
Malcolm B wrote:
The RAF, on their TriStar air-to-air refuelers, use a hose and drogue system.
Any RAF tanker flying over Cleveland would get a rude reception.
flightdog wrote:
That's an AirBus A320. The "refueling boom" you think you see is the starboard wing.
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