Here they go again. Beautiful ain't she?

Very impressive firefighting technology!


>
> You've just gotta watch this video. Amazing plane!
>
> Subject: New Plane
>
> This is one hell of a plane!!!
>
> This is simply awesome stuff. Imagine the power required to overcome the
> drag of a water takeoff for an aircraft of this size, and then add the
> drag
> of scooping up water for firefighting while you're taking off. On just
> two
> engines! Cool flying skills.
>
>
> The Russians keep developing stuff we don't hear much about, eh!
>
> ???? ??????? |???? ???? ???? ?????? ???.... ?????? ??????
>

 

That IS amazing! The race for new technology continues. If we could only get all the environmental regs, laws, etc. out of the way the possibilities are endless for us to do better.

I think we have the beat on the passenger planes with the new Boeing Dreamliner.

 

nice. jim