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To: Carry_Okie
Didnt the Russians just develope a humongous air tanker that we were thinking of buying some time ago?
25 posted on 05/11/2004 5:48:44 AM PDT by Husker24
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To: Husker24
Didnt the Russians just develope a humongous air tanker that we were thinking of buying some time ago?

Stoat gave a good account of that in Post #17.

32 posted on 05/11/2004 7:55:01 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
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To: Husker24
No but these guys did. I don't think it will work too well. Most air tanker have to fly real slow to drop and I do not think this will be able to go to the really hard places in the Mountains where most fires are. Big A$$ Tanker
35 posted on 05/11/2004 9:50:10 AM PDT by Veloxherc (To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
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