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Why does the US use two types of aerial refueling? There are two main types of aerial refueling, the boom and the drogue The US uses both, while most other countries use just the drogue How are they different and why does the US use both?
Do any commercial airline models have a parachute at rear to help in . . . 25 Some land-based fighter aircraft have a drogue-chute to help them slow down during landing Do any current models of commercial aircraft have a similar mechanism? Secondly, would such a mechanism help aircraft in making a better landing and reduce landing related incidents accidents?
How do aircraft refueling in-air deal with wake turbulence? Whereas, as with "probe and drogue", the shuttlecock basket is trailing behind and below the tanker, the receiver pilot flies their aircraft such that the refueling nozzle goes into the basket
How is it safe for helicopters and Ospreys to refuel in mid-air? How do military helicopters like the Blackhawk and CH-53, as well as the V-22 Osprey, perform mid-air refueling without their rotor blades (periodically and accidentally) contacting the drogue or f
What is the maximum height for deploying a parachute? A small drogue chute is necessary just to keep from tumbling uncontrollably Deployment of a parachute in this state would be extremely dangerous Even once you are stabilized, this same phenomenon might make it difficult to inflate a parachute once it has been deployed
What happens to the ejection seat after a pilot ejects? After a specified amount of time, an altitude sensor causes the drogue parachute to pull the main parachute from the pilot's chute pack At this point, a seat-man-separator motor fires and the seat falls away from the crewmember The person then falls back to Earth as with any parachute landing
How to tell the difference between an F2, and an F16 F-2 is equipped with a drogue parachute, like the version of the F-16 used by South Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Venezuela
Can a F-4 Phantom II pilot control weapons? - Aviation Stack Exchange It's the same plane, but different ideas depending on the service Oddly, the USAF Phantom couldn't refuel from a Navy tanker, or vice-versa The Navy used a free-flopping female fuel drogue, while the Air Force used a male one, AND a boom operator to steer the thing into the plane's female refueling port Go figure!