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KB-29P and B-29 Superfortress In-Flight Refueling

In 1948, Boeing reactivated its Wichita plant, nearly idle since the war ended, to convert B-29s into KB-29M tankers. The KB-29Ms used a hose-type aerial fueling requiring a slow airspeed and which was difficult in poor weather. Boeing developed the flying boom, an aerodynamically controlled swiveling and telescoping arm that a crew member, using cockpit-like flight controls, guided into a receptacle on top of the receiving aircraft's fuselage. KB-29P tankers, B-29s equipped with the Boeing flying boom, began operation in 1950. The boom became the primary method of aerial fueling and was later used on KC-97s and K-135 jet tankers. 
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Unique identifier BI228855 
Boeing ID p9494 
Type Image 
Size 5100px × 3950px   19MB 
License type RM 
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