N601RX Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 http://www.today.com/video/today/52799421/#52799421 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 That is fantastic. Is that an old PBY? I'm curious the size of the current fire fighting fleed? I know the group up in Canada sold something around 14 A-26 aircraft a few years ago. -Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Aviation Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 The plane is a canadair cl-415. They are bigger than a pby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Cool I wonder if that will work next time I have a car fire call for my VFD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinwing Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Did you notice the poor fisherman falling out of the belly of the water bomber.....pilot wasnt looking when he did his scoop run at the local lake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Did you notice the poor fisherman falling out of the belly of the water bomber.....pilot wasnt looking when he did his scoop run at the local lake Nope, but the fish smell is going to be tough to get rid of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 that's probably more water than a firetruck could push through in an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnisley Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thats only 1,620 gallons of water, many firetrucks have pumps rated at 1200-2000 gallons per minute. It is a unique way to put out a vehicle fire though, as long a water damage isn't an issue:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Thats only 1,620 gallons of water, many firetrucks have pumps rated at 1200-2000 gallons per minute. It is a unique way to put out a vehicle fire though, as long a water damage isn't an issue:) that didn't seem right, so I googled it. You were right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnisley Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 I confess, I also Googled the aircraft's payload:) The firetruck pump capacity I knew because I've spent long hours operating pumpers at fire scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorealOne Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 This was on the Trans-Labrador Highway, which is just about the most remote stretch of gravel anywhere in N. America. It was fortuitous that the bomber was in the area (it was a bad fire year in western Labrador...the highway was shut down for days at a time this summer) or it probably would have had to come back to deal with a subsequent forest fire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Thats only 1,620 gallons of water, many firetrucks have pumps rated at 1200-2000 gallons per minute. It is a unique way to put out a vehicle fire though, as long a water damage isn't an issue:) That’s about 13,000LBS of water dropped. Yes most pumpers can pump anywhere between 1000GPM to 2000GPM at 125psi or greater. Pumpers generally have between 500 and 1000 gallons of water on board after that you need tankers, pools, ponds, streams, or water lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnisley Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'm not denying that it was a very effective way to extinguish the fire, I'd love to use that method to put out barn fires, it would save lots of time cleaning and packing hose:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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