I get my hat in about a month, my flight is going into the 2nd week of training and I've allready had 4 trainees end up in the psyc ward at wilford hall.
Originally posted by eagl That's a lot easier than drogue/probe because with boom refuelling, both the plane and the boom are actively controlled and held stable. With drogue/probe, the probe is the only thing that is controlled. The drogue (basket) is just floating out there in the windstream, and any little airflow disturbance makes it bounce all over the place. Plus as the receiver gets close to the basket, the airflow around the plane pushes the basket out away from the plane just a bit.
