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Old June 23rd 05, 04:13 PM
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Default Widebody fire bombers

I read a while back about Evergreen's 747 fire bomber. Saw some
impressive pictures of a test drop too. Recently I saw another pic on
airliners.net of a converted DC-10 also performing a test drop.
Considering the massive weight of the water involved, (the 74 carried
24,000 gals. @ 192,000lb) how do they keep the CG from going out of
limits during a drop? I'm guessing the drop is controlled by computer?

Will

 




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