Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/FA-18 aerial refueling

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FA-18 aerial refueling[edit]

Original - NASA recording of a F/A-18A aerial refueling operation, documenting behavior of the drogue basket.
Reason
NASA video of a FA-18A Hornet refueling operation.
Articles this image appears in
Aerial refueling, F/A-18 Hornet
Creator
NASA
  • Support as nominator --DurovaCharge! 23:21, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: Am I missing something, or does it not show the actual refueling? all I saw was the tube stretching out, hitting the windshield, and being pulled back in. but maybe I missed it. Intothewoods29 (talk) 21:49, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's a fuel intake mechanism mounted near the windshield. You can see it best when the drogue basket disconnects. DurovaCharge! 21:55, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Okay I didn't see that. Thanks. Support because it fulfils all of the requirements for FP. Intothewoods29 (talk) 03:35, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, it doesn't show the refueling afaik... it shows how it's done but just like everything else in the video its cut short (and that's not to say a 20+ minute video of everything in full is any more encyclopedic... it's not) gren グレン 04:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good EV. Clegs (talk) 14:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The quality is acceptable and the EV is good. I had no idea this was even done. NauticaShades 13:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Nauticashades. Mostlyharmless (talk) 00:36, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:FA-18 Automated Aerial Refueling.ogg MER-C 09:48, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]