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incarcerated · 09-01-2009, 00:58

Because they're using these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfHC...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN5PY91sO7A&NR=1

They don't have to land, come to a stop, and be serviced by a ground crew between sorties;
They take 30 seconds to refill;
Costs less to operate than the 747 or 707;
There are two of them working the L.A. fires, each making two drops an hour.

There's a 707 working the fire as well (saw it last year at our local fire), but it takes an hour+ between drops.

But, heck, the state is broke, so Gov. Arnold was considering a cost alternative offered up by the state legislature, who wanted to send in hundreds of day laborers with these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8J45...eature=related

09-01-2009, 00:58	#3
incarcerated Area Commander Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,557	Because they're using these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfHC...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN5PY91sO7A&NR=1 They don't have to land, come to a stop, and be serviced by a ground crew between sorties; They take 30 seconds to refill; Costs less to operate than the 747 or 707; There are two of them working the L.A. fires, each making two drops an hour. There's a 707 working the fire as well (saw it last year at our local fire), but it takes an hour+ between drops. But, heck, the state is broke, so Gov. Arnold was considering a cost alternative offered up by the state legislature, who wanted to send in hundreds of day laborers with these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8J45...eature=related __________________ “This kind of war, however necessary, is dirty business, first to last.” —T.R. Fehrenbach “We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same." --David Horowitz
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