in-flight refueling
1in-flight refueling — The fueling of an aircraft from another aircraft when both are in flight. The basic system consists of a refueling probe on the receiver aircraft and one or more cone shaped drogues at the end of hose(s) trailing from the tanker aircraft. The… …
2Flight test — is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops and gathers data during flight of an aircraft and then analyses the data to evaluate the flight characteristics of the aircraft and validate its design, including safety aspects. The flight… …
3Flight distance record — Flight distance records without refueling. Some records were certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.Non commercial aircraftReferences …
4Flight endurance record — The flight endurance record is the amount of time spent in the air. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the aircraft in shifts. The limit initially was the amount of fuel that could be stored for the flight, but… …
5flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
6Flight 714 — Graphicnovelbox| englishtitle=Flight 714 foreigntitle=Vol 714 pour Sydney caption=Cover of the old English edition, using its former title publisher=Casterman date=1968 series= The Adventures of Tintin (Les aventures de Tintin)… …
7Flight of the Old Dog — Infobox Book name = Flight of the Old Dog title orig = translator = image caption = author = Dale Brown illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject = Air Combat, Espionage genre = publisher = Dutton… …
8refueling — n. in flight, midair refueling …
9flight refueler — Refers to a tanker aircraft used in air to air refueling …
10Aerial refueling — A C 17 Globemaster refuels through the boom of a Boeing KC 135 Stratotanker …
