Open house at Coulson Flying tankers Sproat lake Port Alberni July 8th 2007
Waterdrop and fly past. Museum is now open to the public. Great day for Port Alberni with these magnificent machines stay...
Open house at Coulson Flying tankers Sproat lake Port Alberni July 8th 2007 Waterdrop and fly past. Museum is now open to the public. Great day for Port Alberni with these magnificent machines staying where they have worked the last 47 years. Here's a link to photos taken that day by The Westcoaster, an online newspaper. http://www.westcoaster.ca/modules/xcg...
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The Mars flying boats are quite impresive but the maintenance cost must be huge!!. I wonder sometimes why we haven't upgraded our large water drop aircraft to jet powered aircraft such as the Beriev BE-200 built by the russians as a multi-role, amphibious firefighting aircraft. Bit smaller than the Mars, same capabilities but it may be more cost-affective to fight forest fires in Canada and the States.
The U.S. and Canada also use bombardier "super scoopers" along with the Evergreen International 747. The BE-200 doesn't conform to U.S. drop requirements and isn't used in the U.S.
It would take FAA certification, USFS approval along with meeting the Interagency Airtanker Board's Procedures and Criteria, and the most important element, Money. Most fire fighting aircraft in the U.S. didn't start life as such, they where bought as surplus and converted since it is cheaper. The Mars where navy cargo planes that where converted. It is rumored however that Hawkins & Powers (a U.S. company) might buy 8 of them.
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Largest airworthy flying boats.
I believe they removed the turbo superchargers to prolong engine life.