BAe.146 Tanker/Water Bomber

[Garry Russell]

http://www.mindenair.net/minden/BAE-146.html

[Hot_Charlie]

It's probably worth mentioning the aircraft concept in question is a water bomber (they keep referring to it as an "Air Tanker" in the text!)...

[Garry Russell]

Indeed they do and as you say it's a water bomber

They did a similar thoing with the Macavia 748 which was also referred to as a "Turbine Tanker"

I've amend the title..Thanks Charlie

[Chris Trott]

At least in the US, the aircraft are officially "Aerial Firefighting Tankers" per the US Forestry Service. It does sometimes cause confusion, especially when you consider Tanker 910, the DC-10 Firebomber.

Minden's aircraft isn't the first 146 Air Tanker though. Tronos of Canada has one flying - http://wildfiretoday.com/2010/03/28/bae ... onversion/

[FlyTexas]

Interesting. I never thought the 146 capable of doing this sort of work. Guess I was wrong.

Brian

[Garry Russell]

Don't know that it will Brian

It was thought the 748 would be a good water bomber but that quietly dissappeared