In a previous article, "Peter Duniho" said:
You "know" that? How do you "know" that? Maybe you should share your
expertise with those operating such airplanes as the Martin Mars (originally
designed as a military troop transport, now used *only* for fire fighting)
and the C-130 (commonly used to carry passengers). Against all odds
(apparently) those airplanes have seen great success as water bombers, as
have other "passenger" aircraft (the DC-6 comes to mind).

You notice one thing in common between all of those aircraft and most of
the other successful water bombers? They were all built for the military.

Ok, only 1/4 of the DC-6s built were built for the military, but I bet
they could take more Gs than the DC-10.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
"This also tells they understand our language. They are just not willing to
speak to us using it." "Who knew they were French?" - Babylon 5