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The 747 Supertanker is a retired aerial firefighting airtanker derived from various Boeing 747 models. The aircraft is rated to carry up to 19,600 US gallons (74,000 L) of fire retardant or water. It is the largest aerial firefighting aircraft in the world. [1]
The largest aerial firefighter ever used is a Boeing 747 aerial firefighter, known as the Global Supertanker, that can carry 19,600 US gallons (74,200 L) fed by a pressurized drop system. The Supertanker was deployed operationally for the first time in 2009, fighting a fire in Spain. [ 12 ]
Based on the Boeing 747-200 cargo aircraft and capable of carrying 19,600 U.S. gallons (16,320 Imperial gallons; 74,194 liters) of water, it is the world's largest aerial firefighting aircraft. 23 February – The US Army cancels the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche attack helicopter program. It had been planned to purchase as many as 650 ...
Aerial firefighting is "the closest thing to combat flying you'll find in civilian life," says Montie Vanlandingham, a retired chief pilot for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District who spent ...
Air Spray - currently flies converted BAe 146-200 aircraft as aerial firefighting air tankers. Conair Group - currently flies converted Avro RJ85 aircraft as aerial firefighting air tankers. First Air - former operator (Avro RJ85) North Cariboo Air - current operator of RJ100 aircraft.(2) Summit Air - current operator of Avro RJ85 and RJ100 ...
AT-802U prototype at Paris Air Show. In response to the United States Air Force's LAAR program and the growing requirement for light counter-insurgency aircraft, [5] Air Tractor developed an armed model, the AT-802U, in 2008, with engine and cockpit armor, a bulletproof windscreen, self-sealing fuel tanks, and structural reinforcements for the carriage of 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of payload.
Yedinak, Taylor and Maxwell's son, Jason Maxwell, also an aerial firefighter, believe low visibility due to heavy smoke contributed to the crash, which shook the tight-knit aerial firefighting family.
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