On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 09:22:13PM +1100, Brian Walters scripsit: > 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
I was thinking more of the CL415, which is a self-reloading flying boat, and which would have an issue with large lakes. Though the nice folks at Bombardier claim you don't need a straight path to refill, and that water 2m deep will do, so river pickup *is* possible, but I suspect even Australian pilots would find themselves feeling a bit challenged by that. -- 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.
