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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hesham" data-source="post: 268289" data-attributes="member: 127">Hi,here is a new idea by its time,for airplanes to carry extra fuel in a tailless or flyingwing tank;http://blog.modernmechanix.com/trailers-for-planes-carry-extra-fuel/<blockquote>TO INCREASE the cruising range of airplanes on long-distance flights, John Akerman, Chicago, Ill., inventor, proposes the novel flying gas tanks pictured in the drawing. The curious fuel wings, divided into a number of cells and provided with an automatic, float-operated mechanism that keeps them level, are towed behind an airplane by means of strong, hollow tubes that also serve as connecting fuel lines. During the take-off, the gas wings ride on wheeled undercarriages until they reach flying speed. When one of the tanks becomes empty during a long flight, it is detached from the fuel train by a special release mechanism, and glides to the ground where it can be retrieved, returned to the airport, and used over again.</blockquote></blockquote>