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Originally Posted by daepp
Did they have mid-air refueling at that point?
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Not really. The Brits did have a system that they used before WWII to refuel flying boats crossing the Atlantic but that was all shelved at the outbreak of the war. The first round the world non stop flight made by the Lucky Lady, a B-50 in 1949 was made possible by a modification of the British system that allowed it to be used at high altitude in pressurized aircraft. Before that they had to descend to low altitude for a crewman to reach outside the aircraft and retrieve the refueling hose.