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1952
1952 - 0916.PDF
56 FLIGHT 4 APRIL 1952 REFUELLING IN FLIGHT Bigger loads . . . Greater range Fewer aircraft RADIUS OF OPERATION —N. MILES The practical, immediate potentialities of refuelling in flight have been demonstrated by the rapid refuelling of military jet aircraft while flying at high speed. Today, highly developed far beyond the experimental stage, flight refuelling is a simple, economical method of substantially improving the range and useful load of both military and civil aircraft. Two vitally important aspects of this question—radi us of operation and economy in aircraft—are indicated in the above graph. The advantages of flight refuelling, together with their bearing on present conceptions of effective air power, are strikingly apparent. The Pioneers of Refuelling in Flight and Pressure Refuelling FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD. TARRANT RUSHTON AIRFIELD, BLANDFORD, DORSET REFUELLING VALVES - FLOAT SWITCHES - RELIEF VALVES-NON-RETURN VALVES-PIPE CONNECTORS, ETC. FLIGHT REFUELING INC.. COBHAM BUILDING, DANBURY AIRPORT, DANBURY, CONN., U.S.A. Phone : 8-1470. FUGHT REFUELLING (CANADA) LIMITED, 6910 BIRNAM AVENUE, MONTREAL 15, QUEBEC, CANADA. Grams : Refueling, Danbury Conn. Phone : Talon 8486
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