Accession Number:
AD0604757
Title:
RED STAR ON REFUELING AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1955-07-05
Pagination or Media Count:
8.0
Abstract:
The first part of the article discusses the advantages -increased flight range and maneuverability -- to be gained by single and multiple inflight refueling of high speed bombers and fighters. The second part of the article describes the two principal existing methods of aerial refueling -- the flying boom and the probe-anddrogue systems -- and discusses their relative advantages and disadvantages and the problems generally associated with serial refueling.