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Old 13th May 2006 | 16:59
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skadi
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From: On the big blue planet
Originally Posted by slgrossman
Just a small observation, but I believe what several have referred to as floats are actually external fuel tanks. They seem to be located in the same place as on the non-maritime version of the Mi-8/14. Additionally, are inflatable floats generally installed on boat-hulled aircraft to begin with?

-Stan-
The Seaking for example has also inflatable floats installed at the MainGear Housing. They were deployed, when no SEWTO after an emergency landing could be done, MGB trouble for example
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