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To: rlmorel

THey will send up another plane with external tanks and refuel.

The problem is then they have another one to get down.


21 posted on 02/21/2012 2:55:53 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Not all the time.


29 posted on 02/21/2012 3:42:28 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The problem is...if the weather is bad enough to make landing difficult, refueling can also be difficult.

I used to work on the D-704 buddy stores, and we had one come back one time where the drogue basket looked like it had been pushed inside a giant garbage disposal. It was twisted and mangled beyond recognition.

I think the plane had reached bingo fuel and had to divert to Sigonella, and they had to fly a team of people to Sigonella to replace the canopy because it was so gouged up they didn’t want to risk flying it.

Sending up another plane isn’t always the answer..:)


36 posted on 02/21/2012 4:15:25 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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