As my local firebomber base a block up the street told me, it is either an
ammonium nitrate or ammonium phosphate base with water, colorant, and something
to make it "sticky".

Nitrate or phosphate base is a function of the supplier of the goo. Don't get
it on you, it is a bitch to wipe off.

Jim

vincent p. norris
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-I read in a recent Av Leak that the stuff fire-bombers drop is a
-mixture of phosphate fertilizer and water.


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com