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Watching This Squirrelly B-1 Bomber Trying To Refuel Is Nerve Wracking As Hell
We know aerial refueling is no easy task. Sometimes the larger the customer, the bigger struggle it can be, but this B-1 on an ISIS bombing sortie reminds us just how touchy this routine practice is. (foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com) 更多...
Don't think so as look what is below it nothing seems to ever move faster than normal. Crew on the B1 was a little rough as it had too fast a closing speed.
Blame the aircraft?
Another attention grabbing headline over a loop of the most 'exciting' part of some in flight event. Having a few 'exciting' half seconds in refuel attempts is common, that is why only the best aircrews in the world do it. The hige majority of in flight refueling world wide is via 'probe and drogue' which while still challenging is less 'exciting'.
The scratch marks around the receptacle should be touched up before the next video.
