[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

On Nov. 21, 1921, Frank Hawks flew his Lincoln Standard biplane over Long Beach, California. Wesley May, a barnstorming wing walker, crawled up onto its top wing. With a five-gallon can of gasoline strapped to his back, May started walking toward the edge of the right wing

[Freds2nd]

Need pictures of all these planes.

[edpc]

Whenever props and blades are involved, it can get interesting......

CH-53 Refuelling

[dis.kevin]

No mention of drogue and probe.

[scoobysnak71]

Where else can you get paid for laying on your stomach and passing gas?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I spent my Air Force years, 1966-1969 working on B-52s and KC-135Qs.

Saw lots of aerial refeuling of fighters, B-52s, almost got to see a SR-71 but wasn’t cleared for it. The boom operator said later he would have let me watch it anyway but it was too late then.

[KC-10A BOOMER]

I had the time of my life spending 6 years as a Boom Operator in the KC-135A/Q (steam jets) and 5 years in the KC-10A. That was until the Medical Hobby Shop grounded me on a medical (1979-1990). My favorite part of it was the 3 ½ years I spent at Beale AFB refueling the SR-71. Most fun I ever had with my clothes on, but it could get pretty scary when you had a cowboy behind you. Kind of like the B-52 air refueling scene at the beginning of the movie Dr. Strangelove that Buff was all over the place.

[Red_Devil 232]

Key Brothers Set Record With 27 Day Flight - 653 hours, 34 minutes - That Still Stands Today