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Subject: Re: Hello Anybody out there???
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Date: 10 Apr 90 16:45:58 GMT
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From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
In article <15317@cbnews.ATT.COM>, geoffm@purplehaze.Central.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) writes:
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> From: geoffm@purplehaze.Central.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
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>>>From: simpkins@manta.nosc.mil (Michael A. Simpkins)
>>>
>>>	Isn't this the plane that the U.S. say's that Libya is using to 
>>>   develop their in-flight refueling techniques?  I think the report I read 
>>>   said that they were using a converted Starlifter as the tanker.
> 				           ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> More likely an Ilyushin Il-76; the C-141 was never sold abroad.

	According to an article I read several months ago (either in Janes
Defence Weekly or International Defence Review) the Libyans were initially
trying with a C130 Hercules with a single point refueling system hung out the
cargo hatch.  The reciever aircraft was apparently a Mirage F1.  However the
disparities in speed between the two aircraft prevented the tests from being
successful. The report finally finished up by saying that it was more than
likely that an IL76 would be tried next as a tanker aircraft has that would
cure the speed problem when carrying a full load of fuel.  It did not however
suggest where the Libyans might have gotten a hold of an inflight refuelling
system from, although an in country solution had not been ruled out.  The
usefulness of a single point system though brings into question whether 
Libya can really develop a useful air-to-air refueling system.


Brian Ross