<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-50A_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing B-50A Superfortress">Boeing B-50A Superfortress</a> s/n 46-043 (c/n 15763) with looped hose receiving equipment being refueled by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KB-29M_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing KB-29M Superfortress">Boeing KB-29M Superfortress</a> tanker s/n 45-21702 (c/n 13596), a converted B-29-BW.
The looped hose system was used by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29A-75-BN_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing B-29A-75-BN Superfortress">Boeing B-29A-75-BN Superfortress</a> <i>Lucky Lady I</i>   one of three Boeing B-29 Superfortresses that departed for a round-the-world trip in July-August 1948 from and to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>. Two completed the 20,000 miles (32,000 km) flight in 15 days, one crashed in the Arabian Sea. The planes made eight stops and flew for 103 hours and 50 minutes.
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