Airbus & RAAF do the first automatic air to air refuelling.

[bob10]

Airbus and the RAAF participate in the World's first automatic air to air refuelling.

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated an automatic air-to-air (A3R) refuelling between two multi-role tanker transports.
In a joint operation with the Royal Australian Air Force – which is collaborating with Airbus in development of this pioneering technology – an Airbus company-development A310 tanker performed seven automatic contacts with a RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport, also made by Airbus.

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[VladTepes]

Cool.

[superquag]

Given Airbus and their propensity for 'automation' this should come as no surprise.
- The problem is pilots will either become reliant on Auto-Fuelling, or being ordered to, thus losing yet more Hand-Flying skills.