Comments on: More Planes Refueling in Flight

By: brian

brian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:03:19 +0000

the time is 8:02 not 1:01 also it is the 9th of october

By: brian

brian — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:01:18 +0000

put more refuleng plane comments with links to placemarks

By: brian

brian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:59:58 +0000

beacuse bobert cookie monster is american i am too

By: Bobert

Bobert — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:09:40 +0000

What makes Cookie Monster think California is friendly territory?

By: Clarence Dold

Clarence Dold — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:43:38 +0000

Some aircraft will take off with less than a full load of fuel, and refuel immediately, in preparation for a long mission. The SR-71 did that as standard practive, maybe the long range bombers also.

You wouldn’t want to refuel over unfriendly territory, or in the case of a stelathy operation, anywhere near the theatre of operations. The fueling tanker is too slow, and a huge radar target.

By: Dave Barak

Dave Barak — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:59:50 +0000

Yep, practice refueling is fairly common, at least in the Navy since there are no “bingo” (divert) fields in the middle of the ocean, and refueling might be the only option if trapping aboard a carrier is a problem.

It’s very roughly 120 miles to Nellis AFB, so the _need_ for refueling probably isn’t there.

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:33:59 +0000

They are probably practicing refueling, it is a very tough job.

By: RJ Marquette

RJ Marquette — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:10 +0000

Presumably, practicing in-flight refueling would be part of many exercises, since (from what I understand) it’s dangerous and requires concentration from both crews.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:17:40 +0000

From the previous post linked above:

“The image ghosting is caused by the way satellite photographs are taken in two parts; one is high-resolution, but in black and white, and the other is a lower resolution but captures the colour. The second image is then sharpened with the first to create the colour images we see in Google Earth.

However, in the case of planes in flight, the plane has moved slightly between the two photographs. Now if we just knew how many milliseconds apart the two images are taken you could calculate the speed of the aircraft.”

By: Nekura

Nekura — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:36:40 +0000

That is cool. I just want to know, what causes the blue ‘ghost’ planes? At first I thought it was weird shadow lignting or something, but, looking closer, it’s superimposed on the big plane. Is it an after image because they are in motion, or because of their altitude, maybe both, or neither?

Thanks