Originally Posted by
Mad_Mark
AAR Training can be done without fuel uplift. It is important to ensure that there are enough prod-capable pilots available so that vital ops can continue when any problem that may be found has been fixed - if indeed such ops have been temporarily stopped.
MadMark!!!
Unless the AAR system has been changed since I had my training many moons ago, and indeed I may be talking b*ll*cks, but I believe a dry prod is not exactly dry.
The hose was full of fuel at full trail. When the receiver engaged and pushed forward the fuel in th ehose has to go somewhere. The somewhere used to be in to the receiver. Only a few pounds at a time but several prods later was sufficient to extend the range of the receiver and shorten the pubrise time for the tanker.