One will be a standard freighter with a take-off weight of 30t and the other will be a four-engine freighter that can land and take off from land and water and has a take-off weight of 60t, he says. Liang says following last month's fires in Greece, China's government decided to develop the 60t freighter for firefighting missions.
Sounds like an amphibious version of the Mars aircraft.
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09/25/2007 6:15:08 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
