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And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby RayS » Mon May 29, 2017 4:59 pm

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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby tor lives » Mon May 29, 2017 8:11 pm

So now LAT/VLAT 747s, DC-10s, Bae-146s, MD-87s, 737s, C-130s, etc are or will be common place.....even in Australia :o , 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 :lol: :lol: . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes :D
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Adam the Akrodude » Tue May 30, 2017 10:49 am

Air tankers - meh, just a passing fade - along with other such "fades" as the wheel, automobiles, computers, mobile phones, etc, etc, etc!
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Ansett A330 » Tue May 30, 2017 11:31 am

tor lives wrote:.....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 :lol: :lol: . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes :D
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Knotty » Tue May 30, 2017 3:14 pm

The words ,Suck on that come to mind :lol: :lol:
The experts..........yeah right !!
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Tue May 30, 2017 4:08 pm

We don't need no steenkin' air tankers!
Pretending to do it TAC style with the big boys since 1987
Also, we don't need no steenkin' VLATs!
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Knotty » Tue May 30, 2017 4:27 pm

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.
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Knotty » Tue May 30, 2017 4:30 pm

Cap'n Wannabe wrote:We don't need no steenkin' air tankers!

:lol: :lol: :lol: 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 . :lol: :lol: and he was the Fire boss for the Western region at the time ........yeah right , pull the other one . :roll: :roll:
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Tue May 30, 2017 4:34 pm

Those air cranes have been making the trip as long as I can remember..
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Re: And now B737 Airtankers! :-)

Postby tor lives » Tue May 30, 2017 11:05 pm

Ansett A330 wrote:
tor lives wrote:.....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 :lol: :lol: . Oh what a difference a couple of years makes :D
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That is not necessary. Just the satisfaction of routinely seeing LATs/VLATs in our local skies is good enough for me.
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