A 747 in California

[flyboy 28]

The 747 program for Evergreen has been scrapped. They're only using them as freighters.

[Ivan]

The 747 program for Evergreen has been scrapped. They're only using them as freighters.

For the simple reason that once converted they lose the lower hold....

The Il-76 palletized solution is a proven one

[Wii]

[quote][quote]This project has been going on for a

[OVERLORD_CHRIS]

I believe the project was abandoned, the aircraft stripped out, and has now returned to cargo flights again.

The FAA wouldn't allow the use of the aircraft over federal ground, as it had not received the correct certification. So in fairness, (yes some areas it would be) it wouldn't be able to be used very widely anyway in the current fires.

They have not abandoned it, I see it at work at least every other week when it comes in and gets cargo, they just have drain plugs over the 3 holes in the back bottom. If they let them us it, and it goes as planed, they have 2nd newer 747 waiting to be converted, one that is a side loader instead of the nose loader like that one.

Evergreen has just been fighting all the BS paper work that they keep throwing at them for reasons why they don't want them to use it. Mainly they keep bring up the aircraft age, and how it was not designed to dump water like a C-130 was(130A was not built with the future thought of fighting fires), and they are worried that if it were to go down because the heated air that it would cause as big a fire as it just put out.