What to do with an old B747?
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From: Omicron Persei 8
What to do with an old B747?
A weblog that I noticed in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...sangeles07.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...sangeles07.xml
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If you go to somewhere in Australia a year or better two years after they had a forest fire, it's amazing to see all the new growth. Forest fires are absolutely a vital part of nature clearing an area and restarting ... healthy forests need it to happen every so often. Although it is kind of harsh to see singed koalas that get caught up in these fires 
But really they would be better off not letting humans live too close to these forests than spending so much on putting the fires out. Just let them burn, in a controlled fashion, up to well made perimeters or dividing lines.
But really they would be better off not letting humans live too close to these forests than spending so much on putting the fires out. Just let them burn, in a controlled fashion, up to well made perimeters or dividing lines.
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I'm assuming that the DC10 or 747 then has to return to airfield X, upload another 12,000/24,000 gallons of water, restart, depart and fly to the scene again? How many drops can the smaller 3000gallon a/c make in that time? 
You'd need a bloody big loch for a 747 to fly along and uptake a few thousand gallons
Interesting none the less, be a sight to see 24,000 gallons of water fall from the sky in a few seconds.
Nice video ASFKAP, What a bloody big contrail that APU is making
You'd need a bloody big loch for a 747 to fly along and uptake a few thousand gallons
Interesting none the less, be a sight to see 24,000 gallons of water fall from the sky in a few seconds.
Nice video ASFKAP, What a bloody big contrail that APU is making
