# In flight refuelling for commercial airliners

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-flight-refuelling-for-commercial-airliners/687636>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 4, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-flight-refuelling-for-commercial-airliners/687636 "2014-05-04T14:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-flight-refuelling-for-commercial-airliners/687636/61 "2014-07-21T01:53:13Z")

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Too dangerous. Even highly trained fighter pilots have a difficult enough time doing it.

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