Ninety years ago, a handful of aviators tried out a novel idea: running a gasoline hose from one biplane to another. Higher-tech adaptations of that maneuver keep 21st century aircraft going and going and…… Ninety years ago, a handful of aviators tried out a novel idea: running a gasoline hose from one biplane to another. Higher-tech adaptations of that maneuver keep 21st century aircraft going and going and… [Read more]

image Fill 'er up, flyboy: Sky-high refueling, from biplane to B-2 Fill 'er up, flyboy: Sky-high refueling, from biplane to B-2 Fill 'er up, flyboy: Sky-high refueling, from biplane to B-2 Fill 'er up, flyboy: Sky-high refueling, from biplane to B-2




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