For the Airbus A220, avoiding a similar fate seems like a constant struggle. The durability problems affecting jet engines ...

But one of the most amazing moves is how it can refuel in midair. Aerial refueling is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft, the tanker, to another aircraft, the receiver. It allows ...

SpaceX will attempt to transfer propellant from one orbiting Starship to another as early as next March, a technical milestone that will pave the way for an uncrewed landing demonstration of a ...

Presently, two aerial refueling methods are practiced. One method uses a hose-drogue-probe assembly for the delivery of fuel. Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a ...

While receiving the new long-range aircraft, the airline has also been taking deliveries of new A220-300s as replacements for ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Sep 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers in 2019, and now history is ...

A cargo deck above the refueling system can hold a mixed load of passengers and cargo. Depending on fuel storage configuration, the KC-135 can carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo. Nearly all ...

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC-10 refueling boom integrated with proven fly-by-wire control system and delivering a fuel offload rate required for large aircraft. In addition ...

Some have even reported that they experienced fires while refueling. Theories vary from aged fuel filler necks and lines to a design flaw that allows a hot exhaust manifold to contact fuel or oil ...

MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. Russia’s latest Ilyushin Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker has performed its debut flight, the Ilyushin Aircraft Company told TASS on Thursday. "Today, on January 25 ...

The A220 CDI is powered by Mercedes’ 2.1-litre turbodiesel engine. It develops 168bhp but, more importantly, the same 350Nm as the petrol unit in the A250 manages. For a Mercedes engine ...