EAA493 Mailing List: Fw: Super Scooper Promo

[Gerald Hatch (gf_hatch]

On Saturday, February 1, 2014 7:48 AM, "dlee21 [at] wi.rr.com" <dlee21 [at] wi.rr.com> wrote:

 

This is coolâ..

 

 

  

The old company, Bombardier Aerospace, makes these in Canada.  They donât âmotor aroundâ to fill the tanks---they touch down at approach speed, open the fill scoops, add lots of power, and the tanks fill in seconds.  Thereâs one scene in the film where you can see the two tank level gauges rapidly go up.  The other neat thing is watching the magnitude of the flight control inputs, especially aileron, as they are maneuvering down low---sometimes the pilot is literally going stop to stop.  As any tanker pilot will tell you, there is nothing boring about this kind of real flying!

Video is of the 43rd Air Group that flies out of Torejon AFB in Madrid.  They are flown by active Air Force pilots.  It is a three year assignment. First year you are the engineer, second year co-pilot and third year pilot.  It is considered a very prestigious assignment. 

 

http://player.vimeo.com/video/48642618Y