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From: johnm@vme.heurikon.com (John Mahoney)
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Subject: Re: Question about in-flight refueling
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Date: 25 Jun 91 02:41:08 GMT
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From: johnm@vme.heurikon.com (John Mahoney)

In article <1991Jun22.041715.3097@cbnews.cb.att.com> jfriday@marie.stat.uga.edu (Paul Stacy) writes:
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>
>info on it but I read about one in about 1928 between two biplanes.
>The one that received stayed up for 28 hours or so.  The fuel was
>transferred through a fire hose.

I recall this as well, I'm not sure about the date, but I think it was Eddie
Rickenbacker, and I'm pretty sure it was the 'Question Mark' planes. (I'm
referring to the painted on ?'s, not asking you to fill in the ?)

JOHN.MAHONEY@HEURIKON.COM