A few moments ago researching something else came across this, a B-17 re-engined with Rolls Royce Dart turbo props being used on fires. Wonder if it played a role in the loss of the C-130 on a fire in Oz.
While fighting a forest fire near Dubois, Wyoming, the engines lost power due to excessive ingestion of heated air and smoke from the fire and the aircraft failed to pull out of a retardant drop.
http://aviationtrivia.b l o g s p o t.com/2010/06/in-late-1950s-many-of-surplus-boeing-b.html
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