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Watching This Squirrelly B-1 Bomber Trying To Refuel Is Nerve Wracking As Hell

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We know aerial refueling is no easy task. Sometimes the larger the customer, the bigger struggle it can be, but this B-1 on an ISIS bombing sortie reminds us just how touchy this routine practice is. (foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com) Mais...

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pilot62
Scott Campbell 2
Lame !
ExCalbr
Victor Engel 3
How many times was that clip sped up?
linbb
linbb 0
Don't think so as look what is below it nothing seems to ever move faster than normal. Crew on the B1 was a little rough as it had too fast a closing speed.
PLANESOLUTIONS
PLANESOLUTIONS 1
Blame the aircraft?
skylab72
skylab72 1
Another attention grabbing headline over a loop of the most 'exciting' part of some in flight event. Having a few 'exciting' half seconds in refuel attempts is common, that is why only the best aircrews in the world do it. The hige majority of in flight refueling world wide is via 'probe and drogue' which while still challenging is less 'exciting'.
am60s
Tim Baker 1
The scratch marks around the receptacle should be touched up before the next video.
shootandfly
Bernhard Reimer 1
The difference between applying movement or pressure. Just like an ILS doesn't require sword fighting on the controls neither should that. But I don't really know what I'm talking about since I've never done that.

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