rog4747 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Hi there, I am very interested in this topic and would like to know how many helicopters have this capability outside of the USA. If anyone could tell me what countries operate what aircraft that would be most welcome. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tradford Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 That I'd like to see. Maybe from the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Hunt Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Only ever seen Jolly Greens doing it with a long probe and a slow C130 doing the feed. There is a clip somewhere showing the Jolly getting in a little turbulence, pitching a bit and chopping off its boom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Pig Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I can only imagine the pilot and copilot looking at each other out of the corner of their eyes waiting for the other to say something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogs Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Some 60s can do it. 53 guys don't do it a lot and usually it's for initial training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 MH47 guys in the Army do it. So do the MH60 guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r22butters Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Air refueing? That's like pissin' in a bottle while you drive! No thanks man, I need to stop and take a break every so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer Pylot Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Lots of things take concentration. In a former life, before NVGs and GPS were invented, we flew multi-ship formations, sometimes large formations, at night, with no external lights at all. You flew close formation on the instrument lights in the ship you were on, and the guy on your wing used your instrument lights. This went from takeoff to the destination, where you landed in formation, to one pathfinder with one strobe, maybe, through the subsequent takeoff and back home. More than one rotor disk separation and you had a problem. No time for peeing in bottles or anything else, you concentrated full time. The alternatives were not pretty, no matter what. Day formations were a little easier, but still required close concentration. If you couldn't hack that, you never made it through flight school. I've never done any air-to-air refueling, but I doubt it takes much more concentration than night formations, and certainly doesn't last as long. If you're going to fly helicopters for a living, you're going to have to do things that require close concentration, at least sometimes. It's not just lollygagging from place to place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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