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The LA Fires Underscore the Need for Preventive Aerial Firefighting
You need persistent delivery with minimum time between refilling airplanes and only the CL-415 and BE-60 can do that. (www.airinsight.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Preventative firefighting is 1 thing, as both Bill's pointed out, but what happens past that point...I know the Il-76 is authorized for US airspace, so why hasnt that tanker been called in to help (politics?)...a 12,000 gallon drop sure does help.
CL-215/415 is just one tool in the tool box. 3 of them, including T260, T262 were working a fire in the wilderness area South of Cascade Locks OR on the Columbia River. With a cycle time of about 7 minutes per run they worked to keep the fire down while hand crews built lines. They would be literally a drop in the bucket on the LA fires where retardant, not water is needed. The article sounds like a sales pitch for aircraft, paid for by somebody else's nickel.
Still trying to locate a reference to a BE-60 amphib tanker.
Still trying to locate a reference to a BE-60 amphib tanker.
Ive not heard of a BE-60 but I have heard about the BE-200 ...Russian water bomber made by Irkut...suppose to be quite popular in Europe along with CL-215/415's...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200
With a capacity of 3100 gal, it's a bit more than the c-130's 3000.
The global supertanker T944 (N744ST) is flying out of KMCC to hit the SoCal fires a couple times a day.
With a 45 minute commute time, I wonder why it is not stationed closer to LA.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N744ST
The global supertanker T944 (N744ST) is flying out of KMCC to hit the SoCal fires a couple times a day.
With a 45 minute commute time, I wonder why it is not stationed closer to LA.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N744ST
Good aircraft, but the FAA won't certify it to fly here.
As far as California goes, it gets that same wildfire activity every year and fuelled by the Santa Ana winds, it may be time to have a fleet of water bombers at the ready! Insurance companies actually like a few disasters every couple of years as their soft market turns into a hard market and prices increase.
Having spent a lot of time in the wildland firefighting business as a much younger man, (including air operations) this author clearly demonstrates a lack of knowledge about how stuff works in the real world. Total BS.