Sentence examples for drop tanks from inspiring English sources

Daylight bombing had to be curtailed until the arrival of P-38, P-47, and P-51 escort fighters equipped with drop tanks to provide the necessary range.

They also lagged behind in various other areas of aviation technology: "navigation aids, drop tanks, self-sealing tanks, chaff, air-to-surface radar".

Open image in new window Fig. 2 Experimental apparatus for IFT measurement. 1 Pressure generator, 2 bulk and drop tanks, 3 light source, 4 high pressure cell, 5 pressure and temperature display unit, 6 CCD camera, 7 personal computer.

Its combat radius was when carrying six AAMs and drop tanks.

The armament was changed to three 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon, while drop tanks could be fitted underneath the wingtips.

The aircraft could also be fitted with a D-704 buddy pod aerial refuelling system, which allowed them to refuel from one another in flight, as well as 150 or 300 gallon capacity drop tanks to extend their range.

"This raises the possibility that the weight of the dropped tank could sufficiently strain the hoses and fittings to cause separation and fuel leaks between those components," it continued.

"This raises the possibility that the weight of the dropped tank could sufficiently strain the hoses and fittings to cause separation and fuel leaks between those components," the report said.

By March 1944, P-51s were available in quantity and, in combination with drop tank-equipped P-47 Thunderbolts and P-38s, had taken the Luftwaffe's measure in the daylight skies over Germany.

He spotted a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 carrying a drop tank and under-wing rockets at low-level.

An experimental fit on Hawker Typhoon iA R7881 was carried out, with the system packed into a standard underwing drop tank.