DC-10 VLAT fire bomber

[Nillus]

Close shave. Last summer. VLATs are GOOD things.

[Knotty]

That's a bit close Salty , good to see the sky crane on the job !!

[tor lives]

Holly crap!!!
That is way to close for comfort.
We don't need one VLAT DC-10 in this country.....we need a bloody squadron of em!!
Ray

[Cap'n Wannabe]

No we don't Ray.....


Sorry, just missing the debates of a time past

[tor lives]

No we don't Ray.....


Sorry, just missing the debates of a time past

Your right...we need TWO squadrons of em!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRCcnRpUwI

I remember being told by a certain self-appointed "expert" on another site the VLATs would never be effective in built-up urban areas....clearly !!!!

Ray

[Capt NG]

Hes only saying that Ray because they are stuck in the past.. They obtain knowledge on a subject, engage in cognitive vomit with other like minded sycophants and then go tell everyone that this is how it is..

[Adam the Akrodude]

Here's an idea, how about slug us with a whopping $10 per tax payer VLAT levy? That will generate $110 Million. How many VLAT's can we hire for that annually? I know, I know - how could such a pathetically simplistic idea like this work?
That last mob in power put each and every one of us in the can for around $28,000 each (deficit dived by total no. taxpayers), I'm happy to chip in another $10-$20 dollars for some added fire insurance - ah, put it on the tab! Aren't our armed forces another kind of insurance? Just because some asset isn't used, doesn't mean it's absolutely necessary. The F-111 never dropped a bomb in anger, but it was our big stick in this region. Other developed nations have these sort of fire fighting assets, why not us?

As USAF Capt. Murphy experienced in his ejection seat testing, over a period of time/series of events, if there is a chance of something going wrong, it will eventually. If all this global warming hoo haa can be believed, summers will get longer and our land drier. There then is every chance of 2-3 large fires happening at the same time across our country at some stage surely? Does this not suggest then we need a more multi-tiered approach to fire fighting?

I know I'm largely preaching to the converted here. Interesting that one model can generate such discussion.

[Tony P]

It's been getting a work out in the US over the past few days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHz5kYv3unM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JoEG-sNMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtTDLz2IUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU-YPUuMTaU

[tor lives]

It's been getting a work out in the US over the past few days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHz5kYv3unM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JoEG-sNMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtTDLz2IUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU-YPUuMTaU

Ummmmm.....could someone please tell me again why we don't need these things!!!
Ray

[Capt NG]

I miss those VLaT discussions..... Their opinion is worth jack shidt anyway.