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DC-10 tanker makes emergency landing at SÇLA (Tanker 910)
Victorville Daily Press ^ | 6/25/07 | TATIANA PROPHET

Posted on 06/26/2007 12:05:20 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

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To: azhenfud

Heck, even Edwards AFB would do in an emergency....

but you might get shot down on approach.


21 posted on 06/26/2007 12:33:34 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BearCub
Oops. Well it looks like they disable the pics if you hotlink them. Here's the link: http://www.gizmag.com/go/5891/gallery/
22 posted on 06/26/2007 12:34:13 PM PDT by BearCub
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To: BurbankKarl; Paleo Conservative
Good pics and specs at CALFIRE
23 posted on 06/26/2007 12:42:38 PM PDT by skeptoid (AA, UE, MBS (with clusters))
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To: BurbankKarl; Paleo Conservative
Good pics and specs at CALFIRE
24 posted on 06/26/2007 12:42:42 PM PDT by skeptoid (AA, UE, MBS (with clusters))
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To: BurbankKarl; Aeronaut
*ping* to the AvList - DC-10 Firefighter mishap

They need to change the mission profile; 'bomb' from altitude as a DC-10 doesn't handle turbulance like an S-2 Tracker. Maybe set up a B-52 bombsight as plenty of water would still hit the ground.

And...I don't understand this one at all: It has not yet been certified by the U.S. Forest Service, so...[for the Tahoe Angora] it is not authorized to fight fires.

How can it be certified to fight some fires, but not all???

&^%$#@ b'crats.....

25 posted on 06/26/2007 12:50:27 PM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck ("Flying is like Life: Know where you are, where you're going, and how to get there." - 'Ol Dad)
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To: NormsRevenge

Not being aviation versed, what’s the guesstimate on the weight with a full load?


26 posted on 06/26/2007 1:01:06 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: Westlander

what’s the guesstimate on the weight with a full load?

No idea, I hadn’t seen any specs myself, let me check around or someone may have seen them already and will post.


27 posted on 06/26/2007 1:02:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: Westlander

Here ya go..

http://www.fire.ca.gov/newsreleases_content/downloads/2006archive/DC10Facts.pdf

EXTERNAL TANKS:
Three separate external tanks mounted along the centerline which can hold 50 tons of water or retardant and are balanced with baffles to prevent shifting while in flight. The tanks’ ground clearance is approximately 15 inches above the tarmac. The tanks can be re-filled concurrently on the ramp in eight minutes.

DROP CAPABILITIES:
Tanker 910 can dump as much as 12,000 U.S. gallons of retardant in as little as eight seconds. Tanker 910 uses the computerized gravity-feed water dump system that is essentially a modified and scaled-up version of the system used by Erickson Air-Crane on its S-64 helicopter. The drop rate, controlled from the cockpit, is governed by the opening of the tank doors.

APPLICATIONS:
The 10 Tanker has maneuverability but is more geared for a large-scale drop, compared to the CDF’s S-2Ts aircraft which hold 1,200 gallons of water or retardant used for tighter surgical drops.


28 posted on 06/26/2007 1:06:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; ...

29 posted on 06/26/2007 1:07:41 PM PDT by Aeronaut (Hebrews 13:4)
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and a couple more pdfs from CAL FIRE

http://www.fire.ca.gov/newsreleases_content/downloads/2006archive/Tanker910factsheet.pdf

http://www.fire.ca.gov/about_content/downloads/Communique/W07/SuperTanker.pdf


30 posted on 06/26/2007 1:08:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: NormsRevenge

700,000 lbs. total theresabouts. Thanks.
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/dc-10/tech.html


31 posted on 06/26/2007 1:39:18 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: BurbankKarl

Now those had to be some tense moments.


32 posted on 06/26/2007 2:07:06 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: BearCub

Why, there it is again.


33 posted on 06/26/2007 2:08:47 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (If General Patton was alive, he would slap many faces!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
man, what a mess, the West is a tinder box.

And I'd like to thank all the Green Tree Huggers for making our forests into tinder boxes.

I flew home Sunday and saw the Tahoe fire - it was UNBELIEVABLY HUGE at 3pm PDT.

damn tree huggers

grumblegrumblegrumble

34 posted on 06/26/2007 3:30:39 PM PDT by agent_delta ( I AM ANYBODY!)
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To: BurbankKarl

I landed a mayday @ Castle AFB once.

And a friend landed his mayday @ Travis AFB.

It can be done.

It’s not pleasant.


35 posted on 06/26/2007 3:31:43 PM PDT by agent_delta ( I AM ANYBODY!)
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To: agent_delta

who makes the mayday is it a cessna or a beechcraft ?


36 posted on 06/26/2007 6:50:54 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: al baby

Piper

giggle


37 posted on 06/26/2007 7:17:29 PM PDT by agent_delta ( I AM ANYBODY!)
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To: Westlander

I work at the company at SCLA / VCV that maintains the 10 tanker. She’s a DCC-10-10, which puts full t/o weight at about 450,000lbs. They get pretty close to that with full tanks. Empty is close to 300,000. The reason 10 came to VCV instead of Mojave, or another closer airfield is that the tanker is based out of VCV. For the extra 20 miles, they could get back to their home base, with all the maintenance and repair facilities.


38 posted on 06/28/2007 7:32:28 PM PDT by syndrave
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To: syndrave

Thank you.


39 posted on 06/29/2007 6:39:33 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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