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20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action

Posted June 17, 2009 1:56 PM

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The fire season has started in half of the world and I wish there were more of these 747 Firefighting Supertankers. They can drop 20,500 gallons of water in one go, as you can see in the video. Rob Cockerham at PopSci got to see it in action, and took a few photographs of this mighty—and extremely useful—sploshing megalomaniac dream machine. (Click Read Full Story For Video)

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06/17/2009 2:10 PM

Cool link, been waiting for this one to come up on line

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06/17/2009 3:37 PM

Glad you like it. I'm a big fan of the 747 and it's many uses, though I have a little bit of a hard time with it in flight simulators. Love the cockpit

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06/17/2009 3:38 PM

The PopSci site had an estimate of $3MM / month for use - I bet they save this for mighty fine property in California - Beverly Hills / Santa Barbara

I doubt they worry about let's say...Temecula burning to the ground
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06/17/2009 3:49 PM

probably true for Temecula - me too

I've been a fan of Evergreen since I saw one of these dump north of Marana, AZ

A little worrisome there at the end when they talk about battlefileds and "civil disturbances" in the same sentence.

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06/18/2009 11:25 AM

Reminds me of agent orange, what could the military uses be?
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06/18/2009 11:32 AM

Given the money poured into this project, I suspect they would launch babies to get the investment back.

But I suspect you have largely answered your own question.

Cheap dispensing of any number of agents.
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