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Old 23rd Oct 2009, 13:11
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Fitter2
 
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If you have a spare evening, locate one of the 1950s era Flight Refuelling old hands and sit back for an entertaining monologue.

Making fuel run downhill on demand (and stop when you want it to) is non-trivial.
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