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Old 18th Jan 2020, 16:44
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Takwis
 
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Originally Posted by Airbubba
At the press conference Ms. Allred stated that 'the Delta pilot' released fuel on the elementary students at 'thousands of pounds per second'.
For what it's worth, the KC-135, with a dump nozzle of around 4" diameter, and four hydraulically powered pumps, could dump 1000 gallons per minute, or around 7000 lbs.
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