A HYDRAULIC BOOM servicing a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet at London Airport. The boom is attached to a 9000-galion fueller from which fuel is pumped through a 4in aluminium pipe at a rate of up to 1000 gallons a minute. The unit can extend 27ft 9in in 25sec and attain a vertical height of 11 ft.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32395, 7 September 1970, Page 11
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56A HYDRAULIC BOOM servicing a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet at London Airport. The boom is attached to a 9000-galion fueller from which fuel is pumped through a 4in aluminium pipe at a rate of up to 1000 gallons a minute. The unit can extend 27ft 9in in 25sec and attain a vertical height of 11 ft. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32395, 7 September 1970, Page 11
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