Posted on 06/26/2014 10:37:53 AM PDT by robowombat
Enola.
Do you really think they will be scared by what we name any of our weapon systems?
Here's a name: Marine!
Yea, I knew it was Enola. You see, there are these new gadgets called “smart phones” that rethink what you spell and assume you meant something entirely different from what you typed. Almost as frustrating as those spell check police who get off on correcting misspelled words.
i ALWAYS am nervous while in the vicinity of a plane being refueled.
CFI impressed “Always be aware, not just of your actions, but those of nature and Bozos”
Tell me about it. Had to mess with you. We’re all good. :)
[ The B-2 has a two man crew for no apparent purpose.
Think about the mission profile. ]
Both pilots may have a set of keys that need to be turned at the same time at opposite ends of the cockpit....
Spook!
They could readily be controlled from a ground station. Take out the space/ weight for humans and their avionics and life support and you have a lot of room for fuel and computer that could accomplish refueling.
The public fuel capacity is 167,000 pounds. That works out to a ~6000 mile combat radius using publicly available data. IIRC a KC-135 can carry in excess of 80,000# of fuel. So refuel it once out, once back, or more ... over 20,000 mile combat radius.
But it is subsonic ... so it is in the air a LOOOOONG time.
I betcha refueling could be done better with on-board electronics. It’s already fly by wire anyways.
Just my opinion.
Maybe so but I think “hands on” is best for those planes.
That’s right. Those planes need pilots.
Gotcha. But Ebola Gay is kinda funny. 8~)
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