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Old 3rd Jun 2010, 02:53
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Buster Hyman

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yowieII...we handled that aircraft when it was at Tulla. I remember going on board & getting a few freebies off it. Interesting concept, but quite a lot of effort to ship one Land Rover by air...

Personally, as a Fire Fighting aircraft, I think Choppers would do a better job with the amounts of water/retardant we're talking about. The lack of loiter would mean that what little water it carries has to be dropped hyper accurately....IMHO. The DC-10 concept can afford to be inaccurate as it just dumps copious amounts in the general vicinity, and that can be acceptable.

Last edited by Buster Hyman; 3rd Jun 2010 at 02:55. Reason: Okay, whose the wise guy that makes L a n d R o v e r come out as Trabant???
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