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NPR - Bigger, Faster Air Tankers Help Forest Service Tackle Wildfires
In the battle against wildfires, the Forest Service often draws on a fleet of air tankers — planes that drop fire retardant from the sky. But the fleet shrank dramatically in the early 2000s, and by 2012, the Forest Service was woefully low on planes. Now, the agency is quickly increasing the number of planes at its disposal — and modernizing the fleet in the process by adding bigger, faster and more efficient planes. (www.npr.org) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Whatever happened to the 747 that Evergreen had ready to go 2-3 years ago before their demise? Saw the demos on it and I think it got certification but was never used. Then out the door EG went so IDK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_747_Supertanker
Sad that it's stored and going to be scrapped if it hasn't been already. It could beat the 10 hands down, BUT, the 10 is flying and it ain't.
Tks for the link.
Evergreen went bankrupt, I have no idea what happened to the tanker.
That's what I was curious about. They went BR last year but this was a couple years back, actually around the time the 10 came in, but it never went into service. Seems like the clips I saw, it was being built/modified down in AZ somewhere. Could have been Marana but not sure.
The DC-10 was used the last few years to fight fires here in California, I believe it is still around.
Yeah, it's still around. I think they talk about it in in this story and possibly building 2-3 others just like it. That is what sparked my curiosity about that 747 as it would carry more than the 10 I think.
The DC-10 is currently being used to fight a fire raging near Yosemite with 0% containment:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/06/us/yosemite-national-park-fire/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/06/us/yosemite-national-park-fire/index.html
KCPR can be like a ghost town between flights and I coulda/woulda/shoulda got a personal tour of the a/c., but, dang those demanding time schedules- the best I could do was snap some pics.