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Old 19th Dec 2007, 05:05
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Dan Winterland
 
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The tankers were KC135Q models - dedicated to the SR71 because they had to have separate tanks for the JP7 which the 135 couldn't burn. The RVs with the tanker were usually radio silent, but the two aircraft could communicate via the intercom in the boom system once the SR71 was plugged in.

On the trip I took this photo, the 'in contact' chat was a discussion as to whether chicken pox was a sexually transmitted disease, as one complete KC135Q crew on TDY to Mildenhall had all come down with it. It transpired they had all been seeing the same girl in Cambridge!
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