On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:05 -0500, "Graydon" <o...@uniserve.com> wrote:
> I'd give the nod to the second-last; nice rotor-mist. > > Do you have fixed-wing water bombers? Watching those re-water is quite > spectacular. No - according to those who are supposed to know about such things, water bombers are no suited to conditions here. Lack of large lakes near population centres is probably the reason although, after last season's disastrous fires in Victoria, the Victorian Government has a converted DC-10 on standby. However, even the Government seems to be in two minds about their suitability: http://www.theage.com.au/national/water-bomber-states-bushfire-insurance-policy-20091215-ksx8.html Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- Graydon > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
