Sunday, December 23, 2012

Bombardier 415: "mega water Gao"




Bombardier 415 is a water bomber duality of Canada, the aircraft is designed specifically for the fire from the air.

In the U.S. aircraft shell is also known as super large, Bombardier 415 debuted in 1994, and currently has 76 units are in service at 18 organizations in 10 countries. The aircraft can take up an amount of more than 7m3 in round 12s while surfing on the water at high speeds. It can spray water 9 times within 1 hour, containing 66 m3 of water to extinguish the fire or fires. Bombardier 415 can also be used in relief, search and rescue, surveillance and movement of workers.

On January 12, the aircraft reached the milestone of 200,000 flight hours and over 6 million m3 of water injection since entering the market two decades ago. The unit price of an aircraft is not disclosed, but in March 2011, Bombardier announced the company has sold 4 415 with a total of about $ 162 million.

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