In a previous article, "patrick mitchel" said:
After watching the multiplicity of ac doing their jobs on the southern cal
fires this last week and hearing that the guvmint C130 had the wrong sized
tanks and the forestry dept and said guvmint were haggling over what should
be done, I thought I'd ask what is the opinions of others regarding what
current - or hypothetical craft would be considered for the role. Thanks Pat

Seems to me that you need a variety of aircraft for different sized fires,
different aspects of the same fire. The DC-10 tanker can deliver a lot
of retardant to a big area, but it's probably not what you need for a
small fire in a narrow canyon. The CL-410 can get in and out of small
lakes and provide a lot of round trips, but against a big Southern
California fire it's kind of spitting in the wind.

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