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IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OPERATOR

Specialty Definition: IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OPERATOR

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Occupations

Operates air refueling systems aboard aircraft tanker to refuel airborne aircraft: Confers with receiver aircraft pilot to direct aircraft into air refueling position, using radio. Presses buttons and switches on control panel to extend in-flight boom and connect tanker and receiver aircraft. Presses button to start refueling process. Monitors control panel light to detect equipment malfunctions. Contacts receiver aircraft pilot, using radio to inform pilot of progress being made during refueling, to advise pilot of action necessary to maintain safe refueling position, and inform pilot of steps to be taken during equipment malfunction or emergencies. Calculates in-flight weight and balance status of aircraft and notifies tanker pilot of necessary flight correction. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OPERATOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 2D 46 4C 49 47 48 54      52 45 46 55 45 4C 49 4E 47      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 00101101 01000110 01001100 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000110 01010101 01000101 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#45 &#70 &#76 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#84 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#70 &#85 &#69 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 002D 0046 004C 0049 0047 0048 0054      0052 0045 0046 0055 0045 004C 0049 004E 0047      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

434815404643414254252394055394643484124950395235544952

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