Salute!
Tnx, folks......guess I gotta find the 'bus proposal to compare.
My memory points toward a conventional boom-op station and real eyeballs to use controlling the boom.
The drogue is a no-brainer, and is easily implemented by drones nowadays'
I have refueled many times in "marginal" weather conditions but only a few times when almost outta gas. The boom op dudes got me hooked every time.
Gums sends,,,