A new drop tank was soon found at an aircraft scrap dealer in Uxbridge, Ont., (he's got a line on 30 more in Nova Scotia) but Elcomb says life then got in the way and it wasn't until 1993 his ...

People call them belly tanks, tankers, or drop tanks, and they are associated with vintage dry lakes racing. ... "Our car is configured from a 1949 F-86 Saber jet auxiliary fuel tank," he says.

The drop tank' is attached to the outside of the plane so that the pilot could just jettison it in case of fire or any such emergency. IAF officers inspect the drop tank debris on the farmland, as ...