The history of aerial refueling is pure nuts. Back on November 12, 1921, the first airplane to airplane refueling happened and it required a guy, Wesley May, strapping a 5-gallon can of gasoline on his back and walking on the wing of one airplane and hopping over to the wing of the other airplane to refuel. That’s crazy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IJW8Ub5eJQ&list=PL15KbAxfKZE2DnUA9RNWn4IJQGR6VsBkF
Thankfully, we’ve gotten a lot better at aerial refueling and figured out better systems like using a hose, a boom system, a drogue method and the KC-10 to do all of that. Watch the video above to see how aerial refueling worked.
