Fire fighting plane dumps water vehicle fire video.

[N601RX]

http://www.today.com/video/today/52799421/#52799421

 

 

[Seth]

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

[Scott Aviation]

The plane is a canadair cl-415. They are bigger than a pby

[1964-M20E]

Cool  

 

I wonder if that will work next time I have a car fire call for my VFD

[thinwing]

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

[Marauder]

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...

[rbridges]

that's probably more water than a firetruck could push through in an hour.

[jnisley]

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:)

[rbridges]

 

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.  

[jnisley]

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.

[BorealOne]

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...

[1964-M20E]

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.

[jnisley]

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:)