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One for Tonks...
Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 16:16
by forthbridge
Did the trailing aircraft need a guy out the cockpit to 'plug in'?? :o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Refu ... C_1923.jpg
Re: One for Tonks...
Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 18:09
by DaveB
Now that really IS the sport of Kings
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: One for Tonks...
Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 19:09
by Nigel H-J
Well at least now they can do it in the comfort of an 'Office'
and in-between coffee breaks!!
Ummm!! Should I have really said that?
Nigel.
Re: One for Tonks...
Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 20:08
by DaveB
I can just imagine you having to open the DV (or have the flteng do it) to grab the line with a petrol-pump style tap on the end then lift the filler cap and tank up

Not much fun for the single-seat chaps but the nav in the back of a Tonka would come in handy
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: One for Tonks...
Posted: 10 Jul 2008, 20:50
by forthbridge
How about a price sign incorporated into the tailfin? Just loiter outside the tanking zone for whoever, and charge a cent or two less :flying:
...along with a free chamois....
Re: One for Tonks...
Posted: 12 Jul 2008, 22:32
by forthbridge
I can quite believe that... perhaps they think you fly something like Thunderbird 2 and anyone refuelling lands inside and has a coffee at the same time!!!
Wouldn't surprise me to hear they'd been asking why one aircraft used 3lbs of fuel more than the next one... :roll: