This is how water is loaded into a firefighting plane! 📹: 43grupo_ea

The plane is thirsty

I saw two of these flying over the Puget Sound north of Seattle yesterday.

Wow! bring it to NM, please. @SGT_Oz @darrenPwhite

Türkiye de bu uçaklar siyasi sebeplerden dolayı uçurulmadı. Bakan değişti, şimdi 4 tanesi aktif hizmette.

I’m still none the wiser of how it’s done…

I'd imagine this is incredibly dangerous, one dip at the front of the plane and it'd flip over?

How is the trim handled as the weight of the water is added? Manual wheel and gauge jockeying?

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