The first test of hooking with "Boom" for the Boeing KC-767A tanker was realized. During the trial there is not the real refuelling, but the Boom made a series of "Dry contacts" with a B-52 bomber assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. This telescoping Boom, with fly-by-wire commands, builds on the aerodynamic shape and size of previous systems and can transfer...