IN FLIGHT REFUELING BY THE PROBE AND DROGUE STSTEM Part 2

Description

Summary: Coverage of the probe and drogue in-flight refueling equipment developed by Flight Refueling Ltd., Tarrant Rushton, England, and Flight Refueling Inc., Danbury, Connecticut. Scenes are included of a B-29 tanker using the probe and drogue system to refuel British Meteor Mk.4's and Mk.8's; a B-29; and an F-84D. 1)Two British aircraft, Meteor Mk.8 and a Meteor Mk.4, taking off together and in flight. 2) A B-29 tanker in flight as drogue is extended. 3) Views from camera in refueling operator's station and from chase plane of a Meteor Mk.4 and a Meteor Mk.8 making contact with the fuselage drogue and breaking the contact. 4) View from camera in cockpit of Meteor making contact with the drogue and then breaking the contact. 5) Views from cameras in the refueling operator's station, the chase plane, and the cockpit of one of the Meteors showing the wingtip drogues of a B-29 tanker as they are extended; the Meteors making contact with the drogues, the right and left refueling operators; and the Meteors breaking contact with the drogues. 6) Views from camera in chase plane, a B-29, and a B-29 tanker, showing B-29 making contact with the fuselage drogue, the B-29 mated to the drogue, the B-29 tanker in flight, the civilian pilot of the B-29 receiver, and the left wing refueling operator. 7) A Vicker's Armstrong Viking transport landing at Tarrant Rushton, England, USAF and RAF officers debarking from the aircraft and being greeted by several civilians. 8) USAF officers, RAF officers and civilians inspecting models of the probe and drogue system, a model showing how the fuel flows when the probe and drogue are mated and the different possible locations for the probe on British Meteor. 9) A B-29 tanker refueling an F-84D. 10) USAF officers inspecting a B-29 equipped with fuselage and wingtip drogue. 11)Scenes of a USAF crew standing beside a B-29 tanker, the B-29 tanker and a receiver B-29 taking off singly, and the B-29 tanker refueling the B-29. 12) British Meteors Mk.4 and Mk.8 taxiing, then the Meteor Mk.4 starting its takeoff run. 13) Views from cameras in refueling aircraft, receiving aircraft, and a chase plane of KB-29 refueling two Meteor Mk.8's - one from each wingtip drogue and then two Meteor Mk.8's and a Meteor Mk.4 at the same time. Good (Basic: Comp print)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities