For LAXSALTMAN: the EVERGREEN SUPERTANKER, a Modified 747-based Water Cannon


Favorite UCSB son Rob Cockerham publishes a photo essay on a new water-dropping plane, the Evergreen Supertanker!


 
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  • 21 Jun 2009, 12:28 PM Laxsaltman wrote:
    It drops something like 60,000 gallons of water,where-as the current DC-10 in use in California can drop 15,000 gals.Cool picture.Love watching it go low and slow with the flaps fully extended.......schwing!
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  • 21 Jun 2009, 12:59 PM Laxsaltman wrote:
    I meant 20,000-------60,000 is 30 tons....lol
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    1. 21 Jun 2009, 11:16 PM WM wrote:
      I, of course, am just happy to have found some sweet pics of it for you. Cockerham's motto is "always take your camera," and I have found it personally rewarding to the point where I carry a cheap digital camera with me, now, as well!
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