SUPPLY 'PLANES
REFUELLING IN THE AIR
The success recontly attained by the Air Corps of the United States Army in developing means whereby aeroplanes can be resupplied with fuel while in flight is considered of great importance and practical value, says the "San Francisco Chronicle." Thereby it is made easily possible • for a flying machine to stay up in tho air for a length of time almost indefinite. During the recent experiments an aeroplane remained aloft for nearly a week.
; The .'plane equipped for. refuelling is provided with an auxiliary tank to receive resupplies of gasoline. In the'top of the tank is a wide-mouthed funnel, into which -a. long hose dropped from the supply 'plane is guided. ' The supply 'plane has two auxiliary tanks, filled with gasoline,''from which the liquid fuel can be discharged thrtragh the nose. It flics above the other. 'plane, steering so that the end of tho hose shall drop within reach of the occupants of the latter, who. seizo it and insert it into the funnel.
-.-..■ A stopcock is thon released by a man on the supply 'plane; allowing the gasolino to flow out of one or tho other of the two tanks through the hose and into the funnel which leads to the auxiliary tank on the 'plane flying beneath.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 13 April 1929, Page 20
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215SUPPLY 'PLANES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 13 April 1929, Page 20
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