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20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action

By Jesus Diaz on June 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM

The fire season has started in half of the world and I wish there were more of these 747 Firefighting Supertankers. They can drop 20,500 gallons of water in one go, as you can see in the video.

Rob Cockerham at PopSci got to see it in action, and took a few photographs of this mighty—and extremely useful—sploshing megalomaniac dream machine. [Popsci]

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  • Geoff
    June 17, 2009 at 9:12 AM

    How would they fill that? Not scoop it from a dam surely!

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  • iNoob
    June 17, 2009 at 12:24 PM

    Dunno why but the add kinda reminded me of the the StarShip Troppers News Break bits. Especially at the end of it

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    • Ben
      June 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM

      Yeah – it has such an 80’s feeling to it as well, the music is really cheesy!!

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  • par3000
    September 5, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    Is that Charlie from ‘Charlies Angels’ narrating?

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