Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:19 amFirebomber anyone?
Ric B.
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Slight leak amidships Captain....
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:19 amRe: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:05 amCool! ;D
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:27 pmwhat the hell?
never seen that before except in props
never seen that before except in props
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 2:45 pmWhao! One hell of a fuel dump! :o
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:41 pmJust to clear this up, this plane can drop 27,500 gallons of fire retardant, that's 230,000lbs.... 
Ric B.
Ric B.
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:06 pmNo naked flames PLEASE!
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:48 pmbut I wonder, ...can it do the dump as low and slow as the Martin Mars, which we have here on Vancouver Island ?....and in as tight a confine in the mountains ?
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:14 pmbut I wonder, ...can it do the dump as low and slow as the Martin Mars, which we have here on Vancouver Island ?....and in as tight a confine in the mountains ?
I have ten bucks saying it cant!!!
This probably is a better aircraft to be putting out house fires! LOL
Well that is alot of fire retardent, so mabe they can drop it from higher altutudes, and cover more area?
Problem is that every time it needs to fill up it needs to land!
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:08 amthat is an awesome picture!!!!! and a hell of a lot of fire retardant!!!!!!!! :o
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:35 amWould be funny to see this thing coming at you skimming the lake to top her off, you being on you surfboard.
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:41 amWould be funny to see this thing coming at you skimming the lake to top her off, you being on you surfboard.
Lol, brings a new meaning to the phrase "Jet-Ski"....
Ric B.
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:10 pmWould look something like this (quickly done...)
Re: Slight leak amidships Captain....
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:35 pmwould that make those campers unhappy