Ability to dump fuel

[fyvsix]

Now, I would kill for fuel tank transfer pumps on the bombers and fire extinguishers in the cowls!

[SmokinLoon]

in WWII, USAAF SOP instructed %100 fuel.  A few exceptions weere made by local commanders for legit reasons.  In the case of the B17 w/ extra external ord, I'd be willing to bet that a "reduced" fuel loadout was actually quite minimal, say maybe to 75-80%.  That is a far cry from the 25-50% BS we see on a consistant basis in the MA.

[RedTeck]

lol,

"We can't fuel dump!
Message sponsored by: The Sierra Club, E.P.A, Advocates against global warming, Democrats, Mothers against pollution, children against pollution, Car battery manufacturers, California politiciansm ACLU...."

  I was an air traffic controller at MCAS Cherry Point working with the AV-8Bs. They were required to takeoff with a certain amount of fuel, but could not do an vertical landings until they dumped quite a bit of it. Needless to say, a lot all of y'alls money is spread over the Bogue sound in North Carolina.

[HB555]

Needless to say, a lot all of y'alls money is spread over the Bogue sound in North Carolina.

Whoa, there, RedTeck.
It sounds to me like you are trying to tell us the government is ... wasteful? <GASP>