Originally Posted by
lucille
B737 - 15,000 litres capacity
Air Tractor 802 - 3000 litres capacity. And almost certainly can deliver load with better precision.
Surely, 5 x Air Tractors are cheaper town and operate than a single 737? Not to mention the issue of redundancy.
doesn’t quite work that way. It has a lot to do with drop patterns, variability of the tank etc
think right tool for the job, you don’t use 10 ball peen hammers to do the job of a sledgehammer.
every aircraft has it’s place even though it may not seem apparent at first.