747 Supertanker KABC-TV News Segment
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@bingofioul not many lakes in cali. in minnesota, where we have lakes up the wazu, they'd be perfect
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USFS is sitting on their butts, Texas is burning and The planes are sitting still at home.
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@marcher47 Or using smaller plane like CL415 to drop more water (don't need to reload on airport)from a lower altitude...
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That's all very well, but I'd like to see you skim that over the surface of the local lake to refill the tanks...
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@mvallin Y vos crees que es solo agua lo que tiran en el incendio?
acaso no sabes que le colocan un aditivo a la masa liquida para evitar la evaporación del agua....GENIO....te crees que lo sabes todo y ni sabes de lo que hablas!
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lol why dont they turn antonov 225 into firefighter tanker!
that thing can caryy much more payload than 747
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russian be-200 - best!
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I may have been off, but still the point is the same a C-130 series unit, with bad maintainence, and heavy structural fatigue
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wasn't he also the guy who turned into a twitching convulsing mess when the lizard jumped on him?
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but... a very big tool. °__° '
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Did you know that over 70% of the water dropped on an average fire from the safe height in dry conditions will evaporate before in reaches the ground? WASTE of time and money if you ask me.
mvallin 2 years ago
Which is the reason to use retardant or suppressant rather than just water so that most, if not all, of it makes it into the heart of the fire. This is where gel fire suppressants excel. If you notice, the 747 drops red retardant. If USFS would switch over to dropping gelled water, they could kill a fire with 20,000 gallon drops!
marcher47 2 years ago
I pray it doesn't slam into a mountain. It's great that it holds so much water or retardant, but I'm afraid it's not agile enough to do the job. (I hope I'm wrong).
Odonataman 4 years ago
We'll find out in May when the revamped 747 flies again!
marcher47 4 years ago
Do they even use this at all
bassplaya1549 4 years ago
The DC-10 is flying, but the 747 had technical problems which they are working on overcoming at the moment. They hope to try again this May.
marcher47 4 years ago