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It is a I told you so. About a year ago I suggested that the 4 western states with heavy forest and brush, buy up a fleet of 10 to 20 out of service 747s.
More and more airlines are taking their 747s out of use and going to 777s. Calif, Oregon, Washington, an Nevada could go together and buy up those planes. Then instead of one or two air bombers, when a fire first starts fly a squadron of fully loaded 747 water bomber over the fire and douse it before it gets big.
BTW a 747 has a payload of 250,000 pounds. So say if 15 747 water bomber flew over a fire that was just reported, they could bomb the fire with 1875 TONS OF WATER.
More and more airlines are taking their 747s out of use and going to 777s. Calif, Oregon, Washington, an Nevada could go together and buy up those planes. Then instead of one or two air bombers, when a fire first starts fly a squadron of fully loaded 747 water bomber over the fire and douse it before it gets big.
BTW a 747 has a payload of 250,000 pounds. So say if 15 747 water bomber flew over a fire that was just reported, they could bomb the fire with 1875 TONS OF WATER.
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