Sunday, November 25, 2007
747 firefighting supertanker
This jumbo supertanker can hold around 100,000 liters of water. That's serious firefighting! I guess it takes a bit long to refuel and is a bit expensive to hire.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
It looks a bit unpractical to me, you can't land a Jumbo on any landing strip, takes (I think) an awful lot of time to fill her up.
Typical American: bigger = better
If you click the link you see that a lot of potential problems are discussed. It claims that it can land on 80% of US airports.
I'd really love to see it in action somewhere.
I do see filling as a problem, other firefighting aircraft can scoop up water on the fly, but this has to land. Though it can take on 7 times more water than the biggest current firefighting plane.
looks like an nice gadget for some practical jokes
a parody on the "10 cubic meter of sand in front of your door" prank?
she must be a heavy bird! I wonder how long the refilling takes.
Post a Comment