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SA watches trial of giant waterbomber
crashndash:
as has been said before....its all about media spin, photo opportunities and marketing
pumprescue:
When will the madness end, just start a backburn at Glenelg, it will stop in Darwin somewhere, could use a good cleanout....
SA Firey:
CFS should concentrate on getting their training courses into shape rather than spending money on more air support. We have all heard the "Lets hail Elvis" our saviour too many times :-P
On a serious note more Air Tractors would be the better option, but so would supporting ground crews with better resources.
BlackDog:
Try checking some of the research done by the CSIRO back in the 80's. The concluded that one large bomber would be cost-effective, but that was based on saves on a relatively small number of fires out of the total possible.
This seems a more expensive package.
Bear in mind the drop parameters.
Supposed minimum height is 400'AGL, and the USFS Large Air Tanker project found that they shouldn't be used on country with an overall slope of more than (IIRC) 7 degrees.
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