cans. The water bomber crash was bad for the C-130, but good for
Bombardier.

And again, not entirely true

No Rob, it is entirely true that what happened is good for Bombardier. If
you were to choose to acquire even the most basic understanding of the
opertion of these quasi-public aircraft you would know that the "oldest
airframe" is the first launched. Bombardier's fire bombers are new and
subject to waiting a long long time before they are used today. A chnge in
the law is likely, due to the fact that old aircraft are more prone to
falling out of the sky.

I didnt say it was not true at all...I am sure they might get some additional
orders, but those new Bombardier CL-415s are really expensive. They are good
at what they do though, not denying that at all.

They are two different aircraft that would be best in two different
environments. In big wide open areas with lots of lakes, like much of
southern
Canada, and Minnesota, those scoopers are great.

Poor Ron, makes a false premise and then expands into more ignorance.


mmmmm okay

But in the weste n states, the scoopers would not be near as useful.
Alpine
lakes surrounded by mountain peaks at around 10,000 MSL are not very good
places to be trying to scoop water, especially during a summer day.

Get back with us afeter you purchase a vowel, Ron.


Now that wasnt really neccessary John. I have never said a bad or personal
thing about you on here, even if I disagreed with you.

My point was that the retardant tankers are not neccesarily just interchangable
with the scooper type tankers. I have fought fire, both on the ground as a
wildland firefighter, and also as an air attack/recon pilot, on fires that a
scooper type would be as worthless as tits on a frog.

But areas with a lot of accessable water, that is not highly mountainous, can
be an ideal place for a Bombardier Cl215 or 415 tanker. Brainerd Minnesota I
believe has on based there during the summer. In some areas, they get lots of
use, and are far better than a heavy type, like a C-130A...



Ron
Tucson AZ
C-421 air ambulance