Black Los Angeles in California burned more than 100,005 1000 acres of land, forced the Government to send the world's largest fire extinguishers: You can put 20,000 gallons retardant cover about four-kilometer-long super-jumbo Boeing 747 aircraft.
This platform, called Supertanker aircraft modification is the first time to join the fire rescue, on Monday at noon for the first time in Los Angeles when the eastern side of Oak Glen shed fire retardant. Upon successful completion of the task, they immediately sent out to Los Angeles at night by a serious fire hit the north side of 164 square miles. During the California fires, the mobilization of more than 2,600 firefighters, and even as far away as Montana scheduling of manpower and material, the final decision on Monday let me into the world's largest fire extinguishers.
supertanker is the world's largest firefighting aircraft.
With regard to fire-fighting aircraft and a really its effectiveness has been questioned by Xu everyone. The reason is that there are several sets fire-fighting aircraft crashed in the past, and the cost of the new models are too expensive. But now, over the older aircraft have been gradually eliminated out on the market price of the latest flight fire extinguisher is not only more rational, functional and more powerful, allow people to re-examine the value of the existence of such a giant fire extinguisher. Let us look at the world, several fire-fighting aircraft which bar!
Supertanker is the transformation of Taiwan, a Boeing 747-100 aircraft, large-scale, from Oregon, EVA Air (Evergreen Aviation) the company developed. It can, through a unique compression and transmission systems can be accurately repeated shed fire retardant; for example, it can be voted earlier somewhere throwing 15,000 gallons, and then fly to another to run out the remaining fire-extinguishing agent , while the majority of fire-fighting aircraft can only open the escape hatch in one breath all the fire-fighting substances. In addition, Supertanker also has a night flying disaster relief capabilities, and can be 300 feet at a speed of 160mph the security of investment spending and other powerful advantages. Unfortunately, the current cost is too high, the task is equal to an hour per trip cost of 30,000 U.S. dollars, but fortunately one can carry capacity is large enough without having to fly back and forth frequently.
This station is very similar to Supertanker firefighting aircraft and is also a conversion from large aircraft. It is the prototype for the U.S. McDonnell - Douglas DC-10, from 2006, had already started to join the fire support. 10 Tanker Air Carrier in its name as shown in 10 well-known super-storage tank, so that 12,000 gallons of fire retardant or water in seconds part of the cast spill. In general, it is the target at a distance of 200-500 feet of altitude launch flame retardants, cruising speed of 140 Dao 150 kts.
Although the world can be no one on the Supertanker aircraft than the capacity of a single trip to fight the fire, but it can not be the same as the small plane to look deep into the gorge. Come from the anti-submarine patrol aircraft converted Grumman S-2 is also California's fire-fighting aircraft, can only carry 1,200 gallons of fire-extinguishing agent, can not, and Supertanker, and compared to 10 Tanker Air Carrier. However, it has better maneuverability, as well as a large fire extinguishers can be compared in a relatively short time to add flame retardants and other advantages.
Sikorsky firefighting helicopters from Erickson Air-Crane company manufactured the prototype for the U.S. military CH-54 Tarhe twin-engined heavy transport helicopters. S-64 can carry 2,650 gallons of fire retardant each material and water, but is characterized by a strong versatility, including fire, carrying the victims, carrying building materials, or delivery of the trees.
Martin Mars is the world's largest high-volume hull-type seaplanes. Such aircraft accident rate is very high, in 1961 and 1962 have crashed in the implementation of fire-fighting tasks. The two remaining aircraft from August 13 this year, the Southern California fire fight in the Hawaii Mars, as well as ongoing maintenance of modification to the 2010 listing of Philippine Mars. Their characteristic is that only about 17 minutes you can load 7,200 gallons of water, and sprinkle each vote can be covered by four acres area.
