And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

[RayS]

Couslon Fireliner

Nice video here

[tor lives]

So now LAT/VLAT 747s, DC-10s, Bae-146s, MD-87s, 737s, C-130s, etc are or will be common place.....even in Australia , hang on.....when this was suggested just a few years ago in another place, wasn't the very notion of this concept shouted down by "experts" as being preposterous and ridiculous . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes
TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Air tankers - meh, just a passing fade - along with other such "fades" as the wheel, automobiles, computers, mobile phones, etc, etc, etc!

[Ansett A330]

.....when this was suggested just a few years ago in another place, wasn't the very notion of this concept shouted down by "experts" as being preposterous and ridiculous . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes
TOR

I believe Best and Less sell "I WAS RIGHT!", "I TOLD YOU SO!", and "I may be wrong - but it's highly unlikely" T-Shirts.

[Knotty]

The words ,Suck on that come to mind
The experts..........yeah right !!

[Cap'n Wannabe]

We don't need no steenkin' air tankers!

[Knotty]

With up to five 737-700s to be converted, it seems a market does exist for firebombers . Like Ray said , look at all the different types of tankers now available.I smile every time I see one , because I know what the experts are thinking.

[Knotty]

We don't need no steenkin' air tankers!

There was some classic lines at times . My favourite being no air cranes in the country as proclaimed by one of the experts, only to be told they were at Essendon airport . and he was the Fire boss for the Western region at the time ........yeah right , pull the other one .

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Those air cranes have been making the trip as long as I can remember..

[tor lives]

.....when this was suggested just a few years ago in another place, wasn't the very notion of this concept shouted down by "experts" as being preposterous and ridiculous . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes
TOR

I believe Best and Less sell "I WAS RIGHT!", "I TOLD YOU SO!", and "I may be wrong - but it's highly unlikely" T-Shirts.

That is not necessary. Just the satisfaction of routinely seeing LATs/VLATs in our local skies is good enough for me.