On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:04:40 -0400, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, it is. The North Carolina Forest Service owns that one. They bring it > around to air shows down here. Although they do not normally do demo drops > (usually there is no place where you could see it from the air show that would > not wind up getting the state sued), you can walk through it, there is usually > quite a line. The water tanks look kind of small in that big open interior.
Cool. I guess North Carolina would be an ideal place for them - lots of lakes big enough for the skimming/loading part. I've never actually been in one, but I've seen pix of the interior, and you're right, the tanks seem very small. When I first saw them flying, I imagined that the entire interior aft of the cockpit was a giant water tank, but I guess that would make them a bit heavy on take-off <vbg>. I guess even the 1600 gallons that they carry is pretty heavy... cheers, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
