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Old September 18th, 2007, 05:10   #1
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Default KC-135 Fueling a Galaxy

Intersting shot captured by Google Earth.

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Old September 18th, 2007, 13:41   #2
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Does this look to scale to everyone?
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Old September 18th, 2007, 14:04   #3
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Been posted a few times before but it is cool. Yes it is to scale.
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Old September 18th, 2007, 14:11   #4
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Truly amazing! I did a search for previous threads but apparently not good enough search - sorry.

But still amazing!
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Old September 18th, 2007, 22:13   #5
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Wow, what a shot! I've seen tons of refueling before (flew tankers for a while) but I don't think I've ever seen it from quite that angle!
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Old September 19th, 2007, 00:07   #6
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Don't remember exactly where it is, except over Florida. I'd have to get out the books to see which track their on...
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Old September 19th, 2007, 06:54   #7
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It's over Cali - Tule Lake Sump.
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Old September 19th, 2007, 19:35   #8
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True dat. Here are the coordinates if anyone is interested...

41° 51' 7.41", -121° 28' 44.61
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Looks like they're on track AR7A somewhere between the ARIP and ARCP
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