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The DC-10 Air Tanker is a series of American wide-body jet air tankers, which have been in service as an aerial firefighting unit since 2006. [1] The aircraft, operated by the joint technical venture 10 Tanker Air Carrier, are converted wide-body McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 passenger jetliners, and are primarily used to fight wildfires, typically in rural areas.
The planes are fitted with tanks that skim large bodies of water to "scoop" water up and then drop it on fires from above. A Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper firefighting plane dropping water on a ...
The aircraft can also pick up partial loads in smaller areas, and can turn while scooping if necessary. [34] Management of the water bombing system is centralised via a water status panel on the flight instrumentation, giving direct control to the pilots; various dispersal patterns and sequences can be selected.
An Antonov An-32 of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine dumps water on a forest fire. Airtankers or water bombers are fixed-wing aircraft fitted with tanks that can be filled on the ground at an air tanker base or, in the case of flying boats and amphibious aircraft, by skimming water from lakes, reservoirs, or large rivers without needing ...
The planes are meant to skim the water at speed, Davis said, "fill up tanks in 10 to 12 seconds — 1400 gallons of water — and continuously scoop and drop water on one tank of fuel."
Cal Fire, known as the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, has 65 aircraft, making it the world’s largest civil firefighting fleet. That includes 23 S-2T air tankers, which ...
The operation of the aircraft was the initiative of philanthropist Lucy Avilés and her husband Benjamin Walton, who funded the costs. [20] In September 2017, the Supertanker was contracted by Cal Fire. [21] In December 2017, the plane was leased by Cal Fire during the late-2017 wildfire season with most drops over the Thomas Fire. [22]
Beriev Be-200 filling water tanks in the Mediterranean Sea while in operation during the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire. The Beriev Be-200 Altair (Russian: Бериев Бе-200 «Альтаир») is a jet-powered amphibious flying boat of utility type designed and built by the Beriev Aircraft Company.