Cycle time between load and discharge and reload. To see a real water
bomber go to the Martin Mars Web site. Things are neat to watch. Talk
about an overcast dropped just outside my town a couple years ago. Put out
a 2 1/2 acre fire in about an hour. Dropped about 15 loads of water. Far
more efficient than a 747.

But keep mind, not even considering the 747, dropping retardant and dropping
water are two different operations with two different purposes.

Water is put directly on a fire, retardant is typically put in the fires path
to make a line...


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)
Silver City Tanker Base