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This may be of interest:The press here are announcing a heavy water bomber crashed here today and are showing photos of a C-130 which probably means it is something else. As the story develops you can probably get more and better info from US fire fighting sites
Large Air Tanker crashes while fighting bushfire in NSW
Perhaps new (stronger) wings to handle the turbulence involved in a water bombing run?
And if you're bombing a fire, your engines are breathing smoke: How well does the turboprop recover from transitory oxygen starvation?
And if you're bombing a fire, your engines are breathing smoke: How well does the turboprop recover from transitory oxygen starvation?