Citat:Built in 1988, Tanker 912 is a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 fully loaded with fire retardant on departure from McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, heading for a fire in the California Sierras. Operated by 10 Tanker Air Carrier, this is the fourth of their DC-10s that were converted from airliners into firefighting aircraft... Previously operated by Northwest Airlines and Omni Air International, this DC-10 can carry 11,600 gallons of fire retardant in the belly tanks.
Cile zainteresovan za Be-200
ВВС Чили могут приобрести российские самолеты-амфибии Бе-200 «Альтаир» Citat:Военно-воздушные силы Чили оценивают возможность приобретения разработанного ТАНТК им. Г.М.Бериева Бе-200 «Альтаир» в рамках проекта принятия на вооружение нескольких самолетов для тушения пожаров.
http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2.....tail.shtml
Ono što mi se sviđa kod ukrajinskog AN-32P je to što izvan sezone požara može biti korišten kao klasični transportni avion.
http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/special-purpose-aircraft/an-32p
AN-32P Performance
AN-32P Basic Performance Data
Special purpose aircraft
for extinguishng of forest fires
Standart application Transport application
Take-off weight, tons 29,7 27,0
Maximum payload, tons 8,0* 6,7
Cruising speed, km/h 220-240 500-530
Flight altitude, m 40-50** 8100
Range, km, with load
(ISA, 45-min fuel reserve)
- 6,7 tons 300 (8*) 780
- 5,0 tons -- 1600
- with max fuel (cargo, tons) -- 1700 (5,0)
- runway length (ISA, H=0), m 1950 1800
Aircraft service life:
- hours 16000
- flights 8000
Crew, persons 3-4
Engines:
- type AI-20D series 5E
- quantity x power kWt (e.h.p). 2 x 5180
- Service life, h 6000
* fire-extinguishing agent weight
Citat:
A C-130J Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), from the Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, follows a U.S. Forest Service lead plane under a large column of smoke preparing to drop retardant on the Pier Fire southeast of Fresno, Calif., Aug. 29, 2017. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves have been assisting U.S. Forest Service wildfire suppression efforts out of Fresno Air Tanker Base since Aug. 10, 2017. Together they have accomplished more than 200 drops and 530,000 gallons of retardant this season. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeff Allen)
