"Vicente Vazquez" wrote in message
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Just read this in a Brazilian Aviation Magazine's website. Absolute
nonsense
IMHO...
Of course, the editor is known for his preference for russian aircraft.
;-)
Of course he has the right to have his opinion and prefereces, but I guess
some good sense might help a bit...

For those who can understand Portuguese (or even Spanish) go to
http://www.revistaasas.com.br - Notícias - "Avião russo poderia ter
salvo
a Califórnia de incêndios"

My English ain't so good, so forgive me for my poor translation:
Russian Aircraft could have saved California from fires
Nov 15th 2003

It was refused, among other reasons, for
being too expensive to operate (an unjustified reason), for being unable
to
deliver its load while on a "descendent path" (translation??) or for
dropping too much water.

Is there such a thing as "too much water" when half of a state is ablaze?