Marty_d

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I agree. Can't see the necessity for military aircraft to practice in high RPT traffic areas. If it's vital to practice near/in a city (why?) then divert civilian flights away from the area.

Milled aluminium in most of the small ground adjustable ones.

Huh? It's water. 1:1

Capable of 820 US gallons according to the Fire Boss site. So a smidge over 3000 litres.

My Bolly was around $1800 3 years ago, have they increased that much?

Would have thought W&B would be an issue with all the load aft of the CG in such a small plane.

I went up and took the wings off just in case I need to grab a car trailer and get the plane away. Most stuff in the house is replaceable, but that thing owes me 15 years. With the "T shirt arms" of the cover drooping, she kind of looks like a floppy eared dog...

1600 hp I think. https://www.firebossllc.com/

You might be safer in a Rolls Cowardly... it rolls away from danger!

At the moment there's a bushfire in Snug Tiers national park, which is only about 10km or less from our place as the crow flies. For the last 2 days there's been between 3 and 5 Air Tractor AT8T's constantly bombing the fire. For the first part of yesterday they seemed to be going to the upper Derwent near New Norfolk to reload with water, but later - and all of today - they've just been touching down on North West Bay near Margate, obviously loading very fast (they're only on the water for 10 or 15 seconds before going again), doing the 3 or 4 minute flight to the fire and back for more. Apparently the fire is very difficult for regular vehicles to get to because of the terrain, so it's been fantastic to see these planes scoop up water every 10 - 15 minutes and hit the fire. So to the pilots of these planes, as well as the Bell 214 choppers that have been bucketing water - you are bloody heroes, thank you for your efforts to keep our properties safe. (Having said that, I really hope it doesn't spread quickly and burn us out!) Not to mention the people on the ground - the firies, police, coordinators, volunteers and everyone else involved - very grateful to you all. Tried to get some pics after work today but my phone camera is crap.

I think you're trying to duck the question.

Horses for courses. Nyngan is a town of 2000 people so probably not a lot of traffic on the road. From that photo the stretch of road he landed on looks long, straight and level. Plenty of visibility for both the pilot and any oncoming traffic. Compare that with the forced landing about 15 years ago on a Victa ct4 on the Brooker Avenue north of Hobart. He ran out of fuel and put the aircraft down on a divided road with a rise, bend and overpass and concrete barriers. Needless to say the aircraft was a write off. He must have been lucky with traffic because that stretch of road turns into a parking lot during rush hour.

Good on you! Inspirational.

Hi, Nope - not as yet sorry! The front wheel stays on the ground with the engine attached and doesn't when it's not, that's the extent of w&b to date...