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Offline irishsamourai

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Fire Fighting Aircraft.
« on: April 27, 2003, 04:31:30 am »
the rain does the job and it's not expensive
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Offline Irish Marine

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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2003, 05:00:41 pm »
I think in light of the fires in Co Kerry and the problems of puting them out, it might be a good idea to look at purchasing planes that can carry large amounts of water.  Well just an idea and as usual great hearing all your views.  ':cool:'
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2003, 05:48:36 pm »
I dont think purchasing planes that are designed to fight fires would be a good idea. They would only get used very rarely.

I think the best idea would be to sub contract civil helicopter operators that have the equipment and  facilities for fire fighting operations.
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Offline Imshi-Yallah

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2003, 08:59:49 pm »
Surely any likely 172 replacement (Cessna Caravan,Defender 2000/4000, VFW260)  would be capable of carrying a for want of the correct technical term, bucket.
What about Light twins and medium lift aircraft could they lift and safely carry the required load at the correct altitude.
I see Celtic helicopters have been using Bell 206Bs and BO 105s for recent firefighting operations so I don't see why a light twin utility couldn't.
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