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Caption:

FOR RELEASE AT 3:00 P.M. (PDT) THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1956

Four Navy jet fighters take on fuel from a Convair R3Y-2 "Tradewind" in the first multiple refueling operation ever conducted from a seaplane. The 80-ton "Tradewind" transport carries enough fuel in its wing tanks for eight fighters.

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R3Y-2 web links

http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/specs/consolid/r3y-2.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R3Y_Tradewind

http://www.combatreform.com/seaplanetransports.htm

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