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...Soviet interceptors are notorious fuel guzzlers. Even with extra drop tanks, their endurance is brief; the maximum flying time for both an Su-15 and a MiG-23 is just under an hour. As a result, the nervous pilots refer repeatedly to their remaining fuel levels throughout the 50 min. of elapsed time reflected in the transcript...
Although the answer to this question is not in the transcript, it is presumably no, since Pilot 805 uses his missiles with devastating effect a scant 18 min. later...
...confirms to the ground that the KAL jetliner is in full view. Seconds later, Pilot 163 jettisons his empty fuel tanks. "I have dropped my tanks," he says, signaling that he has only the fuel in his main tanks remaining, enough to keep him in the skies another 35 min...
...identical 747, KAL's flight 015 from Los Angeles, descended out of the darkness and taxied up to its sister jet. Also bound for Seoul, it would follow Flight 007 by about 20 minutes. Many of its passengers joined those from Flight 007 in waiting out the 90-min. rest stop. There was no hurry, since Kimpo would not open until 5 p.m. (6 a.m. in Korea...
...week's end, as the challenger selection continued in its fourth round, Australia had compiled a record of 42 wins and only five defeats. Its closest competitor, Victory '83 (30-17), finally did manage to beat Australia II in one race last week by a surprising 2 min. 50 sec., provoking an outburst from Dennis Conner, skipper of Liberty, the leading American boat. He charged that the Aussies were "sandbagging" (deliberately losing) to take the limelight off their disputed keel...