Thread: 777 tanker?
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Old 06-18-2009, 10:28 AM
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papyco
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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy View Post
With traditional aircraft, you can only put one boom per aircraft. And even so, it is faster and more reliable than two drogues.
Could you explain why 1 tanker with 2 drogues giving gas to two fighters simultaneously is slower at transferring gas as compared to one boom? Also, drogues less reliable than boom?

As a Navy guy I have only tanked off drogues and I never had any problems getting gas from a drogue (once I actually got in the basket).
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