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747s and DC-10s fighting fires
I saw Tanker 910, a DC-10 outfitted to fight fires, on the news today. Doing a bit of googling, I found this article with a nice picture of a 747 outfitted to fight fires. I'd never heard of any jet plane used for firefighting before now. Any otheres? (www.gizmodo.com.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't know about tanker 910 but tanker 911 was the one in AZ for the wallow fire.
Tanker 10 was fighting the Wallow Fire in SE AZ. Now moved onto Texas. Evergreen 747 is parked @ Marana. Seperate contracting companies.
There are some Jets built over sea You can read more here::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_tankers#Airtankers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_tankers#Airtankers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200
Do you know of any besides the 747 and DC-10 that are JET aircraft?
There are many diffrent kinds of aircraft that are or have been used in fighting wild fire. I have a set of picture that show both the 747 and the DC-10,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackmcgo210/sets/72157612553271499/detail/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackmcgo210/sets/72157612553271499/detail/
The wikipedia article has a lot of information and further links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_747_Supertanker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_747_Supertanker