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Old 12th Jan 2015, 21:57
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Tankertrashnav
 
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Can two fighters air refuel simultaneously from the wing pods ?
In the Autumn 2014 edition of the Air Britain quarterly Aeromilitaria there is an article on early AAR trials, with two photographs of three Meteors in contact on a USAF YK B29 tanker, a type which was subsequently flown by the RAF as the Washington. This was the first "3 point" tanker, and naturally the third Meteor is in contact on the centreline. Other than during trials I doubt if simultaneous 3 point tanking ever took place in normal operations. It was theoretically possible on the Victor, but as far as I am aware it was never done. Beagle can confirm for later types, but I suspect that two's the limit!
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