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Old 16th Jan 2009, 21:31
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When the Harrier GR5 appeared, it had the feature of 'hot refuelling', ie filling up on the ground without shutting down the engine.

A test pilot got a bit carried away one day when in a Sea Harrier, and requested hot refuelling - snag being on the Harrier 1 series the refuelling point is aft of the forward nozzle !
We used to do it "all the time" with our 1st-gen Harrier. As long as the nozzles were deflected down a bit it was pretty snagless.

Sorry about the thread drift.
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