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Does it really take 10 in-flight refuelling? How's that possible? Canada to Greenland to Iceland to UK is only about 1000 nm.
by JabavuAdams 12y ago
Does it really take 10 in-flight refuelling? How's that possible?
Canada to Greenland to Iceland to UK is only about 1000 nm.
- rjsw 12y agoThere was a comment elsewhere that they need to be within range of land at all times in case a refuelling fails.
- Element_ 12y agoThey are flying from: Patuxent River Maryland to: Fairford England which has a direct flight path of ~5800kms. The range of the F35 is ~2200km plus they need to maintain emergency fuel reserves and might fly a less direct path to stay near land. They are taking 2 kc130 air tankers for the trip. http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-2014/priming-jsfs-transatlantic-trip http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-2014/priming-jsfs-transa... http://www.aircalculator.com/flightplan.php?from=BZZ&from_airport_name=RAF+Brize+Norton&to=NHK&to_airport_name=Naval+Air+Station+Patuxent+River http://www.aircalculator.com/flightplan.php?from=BZZ&from_ai...