Still trying to get Cal Fire or the U.S. Forest Service to look into converting either the Globemaster III or the Galaxy(M) into Fire Tankers. The DC-10 and the Evergreen 747 drop around 12,000 to 14,000 gallons of water or phoschek. Either of these A/C could be configured for this duty with a nearby "racetrack" for taking on additional loads of retardant or Jet/A.
If you really think about anything, why in the world would you want to fight fires with a C-17 instead of building a dedicated platform for that purpose as the Canadians have and every forward thinking government is using. This would help revitalize the industry, provide more good paying jobs, protect our infrastructure and our resources. What a wasteful idea...
Please log in or register to post a comment.