Book Reviews
Passing
Gas:
The
History
of
Inflight
Refueling
by
Major
Vernon
B.
Byrd,
Jr.
History
and
stories
about
in-flight
fueling
in
peaceful
and
combat
situations.
"Aside from the works of airplane buffs, Byrd’s effort is the only commercially published book on aerial refueling available in Air University’s library. Researchers must seek other materials in periodicals, SAC histories, RAND studies, and so forth. The Air Force History and Museums Program has contracted a book on the subject, but it will not see publication for some time. Engagingly written and illustrated by a former tanker crew member of the Vietnam era, Passing Gas is the closest thing we have to a general history of air refueling, including material on the British experience." --Dr. David R. Mets, Aerospace Power Journal
