Aug. 31, 2009
747 “Supertanker” made its first drop on a live fire in the lower 48 states today. Flying out of McClellan near Sacramento it made at least two drops on the Station fire. It split its 20,000 gallon capacity into two separate drops of about 10,000 gallons each, without having to make the 55-minute one-way return trip to McClellan to reload.
The Fox TV station out of Los Angeles got two of the drops on tape. Click on the image below to play the video. Click here for the rest of the story.
