refuelling

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,756 of 15,258leans written

Refuelling is filling an aircraft's tanks before the next flight. A refuelling stop, refuelling in progress, refuelling takes half an hour.

Passengers may stay on board during it in some countries and must leave in others, which is a safety rule rather than a courtesy. Aerial refuelling is the military version done in flight.

Definitions of refuelling

1nounrefuellingFilling an aircraft's tanks before the next flight.B2+
“The plane landed in Dubai for refuelling before flying on to Sydney.”

refuelling is a process.

Where it comes from

refuel comes from re- + fuel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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refuelling in the wild

The VC10 was also used from 1965 as strategic air transports for the Royal Air Force, and ex-passenger models and others were used as aerial refuelling aircraft.
Vickers VC10
The Vulcan was designed for medium-range missions in Europe and lacked the range to fly to the Falklands without refuelling several times.
Operation Black Buck
The Airbus A310 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport is a military air-to-air refuelling, or in-flight refuelling tanker transport aircraft, capable of operating multi-role missions.
Airbus A310 MRTT
No. 33 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) strategic transport and air-to-air refuelling squadron.
No. 33 Squadron RAAF
By 1988 it was operating six 707s, four of which were subsequently converted for aerial refuelling.
No. 33 Squadron RAAF

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