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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:54 am 
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So is this a problem for a tanker? Glad the US didn't select this aircraft. I think this is the second boom that has fallen off in flight.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/airbus-tanker-loses-refueling-boom-hose-during-flight-over-spain.html
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Looks like it happened to the Aussies in Jan 2011:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-2 ... ate1-.html

They're not supposed to do that, are they?
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Glad to see that the media is as unable to read or hear a press release as always...

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A boom is a rigid hose that extends from the undercarriage of the plane to feed a second aircraft with extra fuel so it can continue flights without landing.


Wow... just wow...
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CAPFlyer wrote:
Glad to see that the media is as unable to read or hear a press release as always...

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A boom is a rigid hose that extends from the undercarriage of the plane to feed a second aircraft with extra fuel so it can continue flights without landing.


Wow... just wow...

But, only in BMW TV commercials :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :butthead:

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CAPFlyer wrote:
Glad to see that the media is as unable to read or hear a press release as always...

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A boom is a rigid hose that extends from the undercarriage of the plane to feed a second aircraft with extra fuel so it can continue flights without landing.


Wow... just wow...




:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hmmmm, ain't a rigid hose usually called a pipe?

and wouldn't the gear have to be extended for refueling?

and..

and..

and I'd better stop trying to figure this newfangled aero-naughtics out before my brain explodes.
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You read my comment then? :)
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