Flying Tankers: Gas Stations in the Sky

Osprey Colour Series

by Tim Laming

Book by Laming, Tim

Paperback

First published July 1, 1989

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1989. 'Flying Tankers - Gas Stations in the Sky' is a collection of 117 well captioned quality colour photos of military aircraft used for air-to-air refuelling. The pics are broken down into sections concentrating on eight major types of aircraft in use by the RAF and USAF at the time of print. Whilst hardly comprehensive, this does give a nostalgic look at some charismatic military aircraft of the late 1980s. Exceptional.

[Peter Tillman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little paperback photo book is worthwhile for tanker veterans, and anyone interested in aerial refueling. Published in 1989, so some of it is of historic interest now. Good photos and decent color reproduction for a 25 year old book. Recommended if this is in your area of interest -- certainly brought back memories for me. Note that the "perfect" binding is somewhat fragile.