Water Tanker

is that what happens when someone flush the toillet in this plane?? if soo i'm sorry for the ppl down there !!!!!1

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the water could be, at best, described as a heavy mist Of no consequence to the fire and a waste of money to the tax payer. If I'm wrong about the effects of this shower, please put me right.

This isnt a water tank airplane this is an fuel flush test for emergency landings

This was not a fuel dump. 747's can not dump fuel from the tail section. This was a test water dump done at high altitude for deminstration. A fire fighting dump would be at 400-800 ft. The stall speed for a 747 is less than 140 not 210 or it would never be able to land. They would do a real dump with the plane in landing configuration, flaps down. It dumps water under preassure so it can be higher than current version. It won't have to do tight turn in a canyon. The real question is why is the FAA dragging it's feet when billions of dollars of California are going up in smoke.

Sometimes.... even the airplanes have to pee.

MORE CUCUMBERS!!! I HATE THEM!!!

beware of the new cucumbers

this is airplane fart....

when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.

A Boeing 747 flying at 800 ft?? I know it can do this but imagine the forest fire that it will create should it ever drop a little too low. But it's ok, we can just bring in more planes! Not to mention the fuel this thing is burning! Only in the USA I think....

now i know from where comes the rain

How long will it take for this this plane to take off, drop its load, land and reload? the minimun speed for this plane before stalling is about 210 mph dropping the load at that speed is like dropping a bucket of water from a car going 25 mph it would loose its effectiveness, besides that how manoeuvrable this plane is what if it needs to turn on a dime?, to land this thing you need a really long runway not like the c130 o smaller planes currently used for that kind of job that can land on almost any kind of runway.

whereas smaller craft like the Bombardier C215 even if hold only about 1/10th of this one, it can turn around a hell of a lot faster. aim for the nearest lake, scim over the surface, go back for drop, this one actually has to land, reload water/retardant, take off and go back to drop zone.

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THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR DROUGHT IN AFRICA.

how wud it put out a fire that high and if its reli low it wudnt hav enuf tyme 2 put all the fire out and release all the water

This is an Evergreen Intl. Boeing 747 during the certification process for what they hope will be a water bomber. The airplane is equipped with a pressurized water tank in the fuselage to allow metering and prevent excessive G-loads on the wings and the airframe. The aircraft should be able to fly as low as 800 feet above ground level when it is certified.

It looks more like "smoke" then water. :o

About putting out fires. Looks to me like their purging the shitter. Over a soccer game. OK OK bring on the hate S**t LOL