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Old 16th Jan 2020, 19:59
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Wizofoz
 
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Originally Posted by Fogliner
AT 802 fireboss, MAAFS systems for C 130, Canadair CL 415, All viable options in my opinion. Went through this a few years back when BC was on fire in Canada.
Wondered why our military wasn't utilizing the Herc's with the MAAFS Modules a lot more.
Would it not be good to provide our Military pilots with flying hours doing firefighting work rather than just parking them or flying non critical missions to stay current?

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fog
The CL415 wouldn't work here- we don't have enough open bodies of water for it to scoop, and it is to slow/expensive to use as a land based asset.

The best solutions for Aus are re purposed airliners- there is no end of supply of low priced feed stock, they can transport big loads at fast speeds, so the relative sparsity of airports is mitigated, and the fact that they don't cost much defrays the problem of low utilisation.
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