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Originally Posted by underscore
I would think a bigger plane that needs a longer runway/higher minimum speed might also have the same requirements when filling up with water? That might eliminate some of the smaller lakes from being used.
Having a couple big mofos, whatever they may be, in Kelowna is probably a good idea though.
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I was under the assumption these 747 tankers were more widely used after watching a few YouTube videos on them but that wiki article seems to lend itself to there not being very many.
I’d probably think of these were to be used they would have to be filled on the ground as opposed to picking up water from lakes. Edit* yeap, on the ground:
But one of them can hold 6 times as much as a regular bomber..
Probably just wishful thinking but if there was ever a time to consider somthing like this, now is the time