Why can jets and helicopters do a midair refuel with their engines running while cars and trucks are supposed to turn their engines off when getting gas or diesel?

Question

Why can jets and helicopters do a midair refuel with their engines running while cars and trucks are supposed to turn their engines off when getting gas or diesel?

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Answer 1

There is no good reason not to turn your car off while you refuel it. Modern cars are also perfectly safe to refuel while running. Old timey cars used to have gravity feed gas tanks in the engine compartment and distributors which produced sparks. There’s really no comparison.