BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Kleenex Bomber
IRL many years ago Wayne Coulson allowed me to sit in the cockpit of one of his Martin Mars waterbombers on Sproat lake, a lasting memory:
Lets imagine that instead of the Mars some H-4s would have been equipped as firefighters. I estimate she could hold 80.000l of water/retardant - more than the fabled 747-Supertanker.
Kudos to “Josephm700” from the .to who addressed my request:
The BC forest-service sets up a challenging test flight to see if the monster can:
- scoop on several lakes and inlets on Vancouver Island and mainland
- drop in narrow valleys
- get to the altitude of the highest BC peaks
All depends on you: glue a pic of Jane Russell in Howards bra to the yoke and don’t forget:
- all drops: below 100kts, 300ft AGL
- scoops: not in flight, a complete stop on water is needed for the pumps
This is Coulson base - Bing has two visible Mars, see how the H-4 is so much bigger:
The PLN:
CAN_spruce_waterbomber.PLN (7.9 KB)
Hope these guys jump into the sim-future:
