Look at Life Vol 2 Military Pipeline 1961

Refuelling both in the air and at sea.

[@jennierogers4689]

So good to see more information now available on the net about this era of flight refueling development - my father was stationed at RAF Marham and was involved in the original RAF trials. He was the Navigator/Plotter in the receiver Valiant XD812 in this demonstration film.

[@chrischappell9824]

England looked so clean, positive with a bright and leading future.........what happened, where did it all go wrong?

[@MrSvenovitch]

Reality doesn't care for optimism.

[@tomsoki5738]

Unchecked migration and government after government focused purely on short term goals at the cost of long term success

[@skylongskylong1982]

It so sad the RAF of today is only 20% the size as it was when this film was made.

[@richstrasz6653]

I'd heard there was a period when RAF Tech's had their separate rank structure from the rest of the RAF wearing their chevrons pointing upwards but never seen any films of that period till now.

[@mollyfilms]

You would think that the tanker aircraft would be stationed where they had underground fuel tanks rather than take road fuel tankers to fill it up. I’m not 100% sure if this was a red hearing.

[@photosphotos]

Arrh the good old fuel hoax.