refueling probe

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• probe-and-drogue — «PROHB uhn DROHG», noun. a method of refueling planes in flight. The plane to be refueled inserts a pipelike probe into the funnel shaped drogue that hangs on the end of a long flexible hose from a tanker plane …   Useful english dictionary

• probe — probeable, adj. prober, n. /prohb/, v., probed, probing, n. v.t. 1. to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one s conscience. 2. to examine or explore with a probe. v.i. 3. to examine or explore with or as if with a probe …   Universalium

• probe — I. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin proba examination, from Latin probare Date: 1580 1. a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) 2. a. any of various testing devices or substances: as (1) a pointed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• probe — i. A sensing device that extends into the airstream or gas stream for measuring pressure, velocity, or temperature. ii. In air refueling, a projecting pipelike device installation on the receiving aircraft that makes a connection with the drogue… …   Aviation dictionary

• probe and drogue — One of the methods for in flight refueling …   Aviation dictionary

• Aerial refueling — A C 17 Globemaster refuels through the boom of a Boeing KC 135 Stratotanker …   Wikipedia

• in-flight refueling — The fueling of an aircraft from another aircraft when both are in flight. The basic system consists of a refueling probe on the receiver aircraft and one or more cone shaped drogues at the end of hose(s) trailing from the tanker aircraft. The… …   Aviation dictionary

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